Shipping Movements In The Ports Of The United Kingdom, 1871-1913
A Statistical Profile
Distributed for Liverpool University Press
392 pages
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9-4/5 x 6-1/2
This volume provides quantitative data pertaining to shipping movements in each of the Customs Ports of the UK from 1871 to 1913.
Drawn from the annual statistical accounts published by central government, these data offer indices of the nation’s sea-borne trade and shipping traffic, disaggregated by port.
It is intended that this publication will provide one of the building blocks with which an analysis of the maritime dimension of the British economy can be constructed.
The Great Circle
“This book provides an immense amount of data for historians wishing to analyse the UK’s trade and shipping. While it is not uncommon to see national shipping data, it is rare to get detailed series for individual ports. From Aberystwyth to Yarmouth, from Aberdeen to Wigtown, from Ballina to Youghal, historians will be able to use these series to analyse regional and local patterns of trade and shipping.” –The Great Circle, Vol 21, No. 2 1999
The Northern Mariner
“This volume will without doubt be of great utility to researchers in maritime history both for the data it makes accessible and the introduction, which provides valuable background on the compilation of the Annual Statement and discusses problems of definition and usage ... The volume is handsomely and strongly bound and, crucial in a reference work of statistics, the tables are admirably clear and easily read. All in all, this is an important reference volume and working tool for all those engaged in the study of British shipping during the era when it was most dominant.” –The Northern Mariner, Vol. X, No. 2 (April 2000)
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