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Abbott, John Henry. A Treatise of the Law Relative to Merchant Ships and Seamen: In 4 Parts. I: The Owners of Merchant Ships. II: Of the Persons Employed in the Navigation Therein. III: Of the Carriage of Goods Therein. IV. Of the Wages of Merchant Seamen. London: Butterworth, 1802-1827, xxxv, 695 pp. First study of this legal aspect.
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merchant marine, law, commerce, trade, business, lower deck, wages, ship owner
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Abell, Thomas Bertrand. Stability and Seaworthiness of Ships: A Textbook for Officers of the Mercantile Marine and for All Concerned with the Loading of Ships. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1926, vii, 297 pp.
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ship, boat, vessel, merchant marine, seafaring
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Acerra, Martine & Meyer, Jean. L'Empire Des Mers: Des Galions aux Clippers. London: Nathan, 1990, 282 pp. Lavishly illustrated; Madam Acerra, leading French naval historian; essays on development of shipping, naval & merchant.
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Anglo-French, France , historian, history, historical, merchant marine, sea power, ship, boat, vessel
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Adams, Thomas A. & Smith, James R. The Royal Fleet Auxiliary: A Century of Service. London: Chatham, 2005, 192 pp. 150 illustrations; centennial in 2005; merchant ships in support of naval operations.
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20th C. (1900-1999); auxiliary; merchant marine; Royal Navy; ship;
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20th century, twentieth, auxiliary, Royal Navy, Britain, England, ship, boat, vessel, merchant marine
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Adams, Thomas A. "The Control of British Merchant Shipping." See S. Howarth, Battle of the Atlantic, pp. 158-78.
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Admiralty; Battle of the Atlantic; merchant marine; World War II;
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Battle of the Atlantic, U-boat, anti-submarine warfare, Royal Navy, United States Navy, US Navy , merchant marine, world war 2, second world war, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty
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Adams, Ron B. Red Funnel and Before. Southampton: Kingfisher Railway, 1986, 128 pp. Southampton, Isle of Wight & South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, 1861-1968, "Red Funnel" fleet.
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19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); commerce; company; English Channel; merchant marine;
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19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, company, charter, shipping, commercial , commerce, trade, business, merchant marine, English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification
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Adams. William Henry Davenport. Heroes of Maritime Discovery. London: Gall & Inglis, 1882, 287 pp.
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expansion; exploration; leadership; merchant marine; naval lore; personality; Royal Navy;
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exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , personality, prominent leader, noted person , Royal Navy, Britain, England, merchant marine, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary
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Aflalo, Frederick George. The Sea-Fishing Industry of England and Wales: A Popular Account of the Sea Fisheries and Fishing Ports of Those Countries. London: Edward Stanford, 1904, xx, 386 pp.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); age of sail; age of steam; fishing; merchant marine; naval lore; port;
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18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, age of steam, age of sail, merchant marine, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , fishing, fishery, fish, herring, cod, trawling
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Aitken, Jonathan. John Newton: From Disgrace to Amazing Grace. London: Continuum, 2007, xix, 308 pp. Foreword: Philip Yancey; useful & popular study of famous figure; to RN, flogged, to slaving ship, to abolitionist; wrote "Amazing Grace."
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19th C. (1800-1899); memoir; merchant marine; music; Royal Navy; slave trade;
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19th century, nineteenth, merchant marine, Royal Navy, Britain, England, slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , music, culture, arts
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Albion, Robert Greenhalgh. "British Shipping and Latin America, 1806-1914." J Econ Hist, 11 (Fall 1951): 361-74. John Hawkins led; to break Iberian monopoly.
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19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-Spanish; commerce; imperialism; Latin America; merchant marine;
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19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , commerce, trade, business, Latin America, South America, Spanish colonial area , merchant marine, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire
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Albion, Robert Greenhalgh. Five Centuries of Famous Ships: From the Santa Maria to the Glomar Explorer. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1978, ix, 435 pp. Foreword: Benjamin Labaree; coverage of over 150 ships.
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age of sail; age of steam; architecture; merchant marine; ship; ship of the line; shipbuilding;
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age of sail, age of steam, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , ship, boat, vessel, ship of the line, sailing battleship, first rate , shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, merchant marine
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Aldcroft, Derek Howard, ed. The Development of British Industry and Foreign Competition, 1875-1914. Studies in Industrial Enterprise. Toronto: Toronto UP, 1968, 384 pp. Essays,, some cited; e.g., mercantile marine at the time: largest & most powerful in the world, one-third of world tonnage & one-half of steam fleet; by 1914, 85% built since 1895; in this period, Germany chief competitor.
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19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); Anglo-German; architecture; commerce; enterprise; merchant marine; shipbuilding; technology;
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19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , commerce, trade, business, merchant marine, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic
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Aldcroft, Derek Howard. "Introduction: British Industry and Foreign Competition, 1875-1914." See D. Aldcroft, Development of British Industry and Foreign Competition, pp. 4-36.
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19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); age of steam; Anglo-German; commerce; enterprise; expansion; merchant marine;
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19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, age of steam, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , commerce, trade, business, merchant marine
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Aldcroft, Derek Howard. "The Depression in British Shipping, 1901-1911." J Trans His,8 (1965).
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20th century, twentieth, merchant marine, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders
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Aldcroft, Derek Howard. "The Merchant Marine." See D. Aldcroft, Development of British Industry and Foreign Competition, pp. 326-63.
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merchant marine, enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , commerce, trade, business
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Alden, John & Landis, Dennis C., eds. European Americana: A Chronological Guide to Works Printed in Europe Relating to the Americas, 1493-1776. John Carter Brown Library Series. 6 vols. New York: Readex, 1980-1997. Folio; 30,000 entries; each volume chronological.
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15th C. (1400-1499); 16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); Atlantic World; bibliography; Colonial America; literature; merchant marine; naval guide;
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15th century, fifteenth, 16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, bibliography, list, listing , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , merchant marine, literature, culture, Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence
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Alderman, Geoffrey. "Joseph Chamberlain's Attempted Reform of the British Mercantile Marine." J Trans His, new ser, 1 (February 1972): 169-84. Associated with efforts of Samuel Plimsoll.
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19th C. (1800-1899); architecture; condition; merchant marine; voyage;
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19th century, nineteenth, merchant marine, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , voyage
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Alderman, Geoffrey. "Samuel Plimsoll and the Shipping Interest." Maritime History, 1 (April 1971): 73-95. Problem of "crimps," process whereby British owners exploited merchant seamen.
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19th C. (1800-1899); condition; merchant marine; personality; seaman; shipbuilding;
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19th century, nineteenth, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , merchant marine, seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, personality, prominent leader, noted person
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Alderton, Tony & Winchester, Nik. "Regulation, Representation and the Flag Market." J Mar Res (10 September 2002). Role of flag state.
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merchant marine, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty
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Aldridge, David D. "Jacobitism and the Scottish Seas, 1689-1719." See T. Smout, Scotland and the Sea, pp. 76-93.
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17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); Anglo-French; Anglo-Scot; merchant marine; trade;
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17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-French, France , Anglo-Scot, Scotland, Scottish, merchant marine, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing
Abbreviations | |
AHR | American Historical Review |
Alb | Albion |
alt | alternate |
Am Nep | American Neptune |
AQ & DJ | Army Quarterly and Defence Journal |
ASLIB | Association of Libraries (Dissertations & Master's Theses) |
BIHR | Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research |
Can His Rev | Canadian Historical Review |
Can J His | Canadian Journal of History |
comp | Compiled by |
DAI | Dissertation Abstracts International |
EcHR | Economic History Review |
ed | editor or edited by |
EnHR | English Historical Review |
HisAHR | Hispanic American Historical Review |
HJ | Historical Journal (Cambridge Historical Journal) |
His Res | Historical Research |
His Tod | History Today |
Intell & Nat Sec | Intelligence and National Security |
IJ Mar His | International Journal of Maritime History |
IJ Nau Arch | International Journal of Nautical Archaeology |
IHR | International History Review |
intro | introduction |
J Am His | Journal of American History |
J Asian His | Journal of Asian History |
JBS | Journal of British Studies |
J Cont His | Journal of Contemporary History |
J Econ His | Journal of Economic History |
JI & CH | Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History |
J Mar Res | Journal for Maritime Research |
J Mil His | Journal of Military History |
J Mod His | Journal of Modern History |
JRUSI | Journal of the Royal United Service Institution or Institute |
J Soc His | Journal of Social History |
JSAHR | Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research |
J Stra Stu | Journal of Strategic Studies |
J Trans His | Journal of Transport History |
J Wor His | Journal of World History |
MM | Mariner's Mirror |
Mil Aff | Military Affairs |
NHS | Naval History Symposium (USNA) |
NMM | National Maritime Museum |
Nav Rev | Naval Review |
NWCR | Naval War College Review (US) |
Nel Dis | Nelson Dispatch |
NIP | Naval Institute Press |
Nor Mar | Northern Mariner |
Pac His Rev | Pacific Historical Review |
P & P | Past and Present |
Traf Chron | Trafalgar Chronicle |
trans | translated by |
UP | University Press |
USNIP | Proceedings of the Naval Institute |
Vic Stu | Victorian Studies |
War & Soc | War and Society |
War in His | War in History |
W&MQ | William and Mary Quarterly |
WSS | World Ship Society |