Title Shipping and economic growth, 1350-1850 / edited by Richard W. Unger.

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Description	1 online resource (xix, 464 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Global economic history series ; v. 7
	Global economic history series ; v. 7.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	List of Figures, Tables and Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Preface; The Problem and the Proposition; Productivity Trends in Various Shipping Regimes; Sources of Productivity Growth; Bibliography; List of Contributors; Index.
Summary	Shipping was the most dynamic sector of the economy of Europe from the fourteenth into the nineteenth century. Europeans who moved goods by sea dramatically improved their efficiency, laying the foundations for greater economic growth to come and for domination of the world's oceans.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Shipping -- Europe -- History.
	Shipping.
	Europe.
	History.
	Labor productivity -- Europe -- History.
	Labor productivity.
	Economic development -- Europe -- History.
	Economic development.
	Stevedores -- Europe -- History.
	Stevedores.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Added Author	Unger, Richard W.
Other Form:	Print version: Shipping and economic growth, 1350-1850. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011 9789004194397 (DLC) 2010049575 (OCoLC)688843569
ISBN	9789004194403 (electronic book)
	9004194401 (electronic book)
	1283120615
	9781283120616
	9789004194397
	9004194398