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The Market for Seamen in the Age of Sail.

This volume collects eight essays that all attempt to answer two key concerns: did markets for seafarers exist in the age of sail; and, if so, were these markets efficient?

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fischer, Lewis R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Liverpool University Press, 2017.
Colección:Research in Maritime History LUP.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; About the Editor; Contributors; Introduction; Maritime Labour in Early Modern Spain; Recruitment and Promotion: The Merchant Fleet of Salem, Massachusetts, 1670-1765; Mariners and Markets in the Age of Sail: The Case of the Netherlands""; Pirates and Markets; 'Advance Notes' and the Recruitment of Maritime Labour in Britain in the Nineteenth Century; Finnish and International Maritime Labour in the Age of Sail: Was There a Market?; The Efficiency of Maritime Labour Markets in the Age of Sail: The Post-1850 Norwegian Experience.