The British whaling trade / Gordon Jackson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jackson, Gordon, 1934- author.

Contributor:

International Maritime Economic History Association, publisher.

Series:

Research in maritime history ; no. 29.

Research in maritime history ; no. 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Whaling--Great Britain--History.

Whaling.

Whaling--Economic aspects--Great Britain--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 293 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

St. John's, Nfld. : International Maritime Economic History Association, 2005.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This book provides a comprehensive economic history of the British Whaling Trade, divided into two eras of significant technological difference. The first part concerns the traditional whaling trades that structured the industry for three centuries, from 1604-1914. The second part concerns the modern whaling trade between the years 1904-1963, characterised by technological advance and tremendous international competition. Gordon Jackson approaches the enormous subject of British Whaling from the perspectives of both the national economy of Britain, and the international whaling industry as a whole. The book consults official statistical material to determine the size and performance of various whaling fleets; eye-witness accounts and state papers for the early history of the trade; log books, and trade and customs records for the eighteenth century; and the documents of the Southern Whaling Company, Salvesen, and Unilever for insights into the modern whaling period. The book concludes with appendices containing statistical data concerning whale oil, whale stocks, and the price of goods, two bibliographies of further reading, and a conclusion that free competition and market demand simply exhausted whale stocks beyond any possibility of restoration.

Contents:

The British whaling trade

Contents

Tables in the Text

Appendices of Statistical Information

New Introduction

Preface

Chapter 1: Northern Adventures and the Spitsbergen Trade, c. 1604-1670

Chapter 2: Lost Hopes and Expensive Failures, c. 1670-1750

Chapter 3: The Rise of the Greenland Trade, 1750-1783

Chapter 4: The Boom in the Northern Fishery,1783-c. 1808

Chapter 5: Expansion South of the Arctic Seas, c. 1776-c. 1808

Chapter 6: Decline in the North in the Early Nineteenth Century

Chapter 7: Expansion and Failure of the Southern Fishery c. 1808-1840

Chapter 8: The End of the Northern Fishery in the Late Nineteenth Century

Chapter 9: New Whaling Techniques

Chapter 10: New Whaling Areas

Chapter 11: Advances in Oil Technology

Chapter 12: Expanding Fleets and the New Fishing Grounds, 1919-1920

Chapter 13: Crisis and Contraction, 1929-1932

Chapter 14: Regulated Recklessness, 1932-1939

Chapter 15: The Final Fling, 1945-1963

Conclusion

Appendices

Select Bibliography

Addional Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Jun 2018).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-78694-465-0

1-78694-907-5