Maritime capital : the shipping industry in Atlantic Canada, 1820-1914
- Title
- Maritime capital : the shipping industry in Atlantic Canada, 1820-1914 / Eric W. Sager, with Gerald E. Panting.
- Published by
- Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1990.
- Author
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- Description
- xviii, 289 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Subject
- 1800-1899
- Geschichte 1820-1914
- Shipping > Atlantic Provinces > History
- Shipbuilding industry > Atlantic Provinces > History
- Shipping > Maritime Provinces > History > 19th century
- Shipbuilding industry > Maritime Provinces > History > 19th century
- Shipbuilding industry
- Shipping
- Schiffbau
- Scheepsbouw
- Rederijen
- Maritime Provinces
- Canada > Atlantic Provinces
- Kanada
- Genre/Form
- History
- Contents
- Illustrative Material; Acknowledgments; 1. Sailing Ships and Regional History; 2. Rise of an Enclave Industry; 3. Colonial Argosy; 4. Maritime Merchants in the Old Colonial System; 5. Rise and Decline of the Ocean Fleets; 6. Capital, Labour, and Profits; 7. Merchant Shipowners in the Industrial Era; 8. A Culture of Entrepot Growth; 9. Maritime Capital and Economic Development; 10. Postscript: A Comparative Perspective; Appendix A: Sample Gross Revenue Calculations, 1863, 1873; Appendix B: Average Gross Revenue, Selected Commodities; Appendix C: Returns on Six Nova Scotia Vessels 1867-92.
- Owning institution
- Princeton University Library
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.