The Vital Spark: The British Coastal Trade, 1700-1930

by John Armstrong

This book collects seventeen previously published essays by John Armstrong concerning the British coastal trade. Armstrong is a leading maritime historian and the essays provided here offer a thorough exploration of the British coastal trade, his specialisation, during the period of
industrialisation and technological development that would lead to modern shipping. The purpose is to demonstrate the whether or not the coastal trade was the main...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0986497304
• ISBN13: 9780986497308
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 353 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"