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Lewis R. Fischer and the Progress of Maritime Economic History

In: The World’s Key Industry

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  • David M. Williams
  • Lars U. Scholl

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The editors of an important volume of essays on shipping history published in 1990 observed that ‘the study of man’s relationship with the sea is an old and honoured topic within the historical profession. Indeed, some of the foremost scholars of the past century have asked significant questions about this connection.’1 For all such a long tradition, however, the last forty years or so have seen such study gain impetus and a new direction in the form of a focus on the economic and social dimensions of that relationship. The shift is evident in the study of all spheres of maritime activity — including naval — but it is most marked in the sector of merchant shipping. Merchant shipping, for centuries considered and interpreted from romantic, nationalistic and imperial standpoints, has come to be examined for what it always has been, a business. Ships are capital goods — built and operated for profit — with consequent implications for markets and all factors of production.

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  • David M. Williams & Lars U. Scholl, 2012. "Lewis R. Fischer and the Progress of Maritime Economic History," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Gelina Harlaftis & Stig Tenold & Jesús M. Valdaliso (ed.), The World’s Key Industry, chapter 2, pages 11-28, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-00375-1_2
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137003751_2
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