Ebb Tide in the British Maritime Industries
Change and Adaptation, 1918-1990
This book examines how the principal British maritime industries - shipping, shipbuilding and ports - adapted, or failed to adapt, to a changing world in the period between 1918 to 1990, and discusses their reactions to the great opportunities seemingly offered by offshore oil and gas from the mid-1960s. At the outbreak of World War I, Britain's maritime industries still dominated the world. The British merchant fleet was by far the largest in the world, the nation's shipbuilding output eclipsed all rivals, and British ports were busy and expanding.By 1990, British shipping was a shadow of its former self, shipbuilding seemed on the verge of…
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- ISBN: 978-0-85989-728-0
- EAN: 9780859897280
- Produktnummer: 22668154
- Verlag: Liverpool University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Masse: H24.5 cm x B16.3 cm x D2.2 cm 580 g
- Gewicht: 580
- Sonstiges: Tertiary Education (US: College)
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