INDICE: Prologue: The Sea as barrier and highway 1. 'Ships of Tarshish' - the sea-traders of antiquity 2. 'Brides of the Adriatic' - The Mediterranean epoch 3. King Herring and Golden Fleece - the early shipping industry of northern Europe 4. The wealth of the Indies - The opening of the ocean routes 5. Merchant adventurers - the rise of England 6. 'The prodigious increase of the Netherlands' - the Dutch as general carriers 7. 'Ships, colonies and commerce' - the era of the navigation acts 8. 'The shipping interest' - the carrying trade in the eighteenth century 9. 'White wings' and 'tin kettles' - the clipper ship ear and the rise of steam 10. Liners and tramps - the evolution of the modern shipping industry 11. Competition and combination - the organisation of modern shipping 12. The world's key industry - the shipping industry's today
- ISBN: 978-0-415-61291-3
- Editorial: Routledge
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 344
- Fecha Publicación: 30/09/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés