David Starkey Editors (3 results)

Trade paperback. Fine condition, as new.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. AS NEW PB. NO remainder mark. Packed w. Cardboard & Padding. "Exploiting the Sea offers new perspectives on Britain's vital but changing relationship with the sea since the late nineteenth century. It assesses the significance to the British economy of sea-reliant industries such as shipping, shipbuilding, fishing, coastal trading and seaside tourism. It also seeks to explain why the clear pre-eminence that Britain established in the maritime world during the Victorian era has not been sustained in the twentieth century. Exploiting the Sea is a new volume in the highly successful series Exeter Maritime Studies, and brings together contributions from experts writing in their own specialist fields to give a wide-ranging but structured analytical approach to a misunderstood subject." | SHIPS AIRMAIL INTERNATIONALLY.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. viii, 219pp., footnotes, figures, index. Minor spotting to text block else clean and bright. Covers lightly rubbed with some surface markings. Slightly bumped corners and creased spine.(BH) 8/24.