Coastal and River Trade in Pre-Industrial England: Bristol and Its Region, 1680-1730

by David Hussey

This book provides full case studies and fresh, critical analysis of the principal voyage patterns, commodities, traders and shipping of Bristol and its region in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the widely acknowledged 'Golden Age' of the port. Making use of data derived from port books, Dr Hussey argues that the extensive coastal and river network that served Bristol provided a vital link in the organisation of the pre-industrial economy...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 085989617X
• ISBN13: 9780859896177
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 300 Pages