This collection of 27 papers provides a critique of approaches towards maritime history and a variety of related themes. Exchange of commodities through sea namely spices, textiles, opium, pepper and slaves and the question whether the indigenous pattern of trade survived despite the integration of Asian trade into world economy find an important ......
Pirates and privateers (thieves who had the blessings of their home countries) were major players in Chesapeake Bay history. For nearly 200 years, pirates roamed the Bay's waters looking for prey and outfitting themselves to search for prizes in other parts of the world.
Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state, with more than 18,000 islands and over 7.9 million square kilometres of sea. The marine frontier presents the nation with both economic opportunities and political and strategic challenges. Indonesia has been affected more than most countries in the world by a slow revolution in the management ......
Ferdinand Smith and Radical Black Sailors in the United States and Jamaica
Reveals the experiences of black sailors and their contribution to the struggle for labour and civil rights, the history of the Communist Party and its black members, and the significant dimensions of Jamaican labour and political radicalism.
Tells the story of how longshoremen in South Carolina confronted attempts to wipe out the state's powerful black organization. This book explores a local conflict and in the process exposes the powers that rule the United States and the global economy.
Tells the story of how longshoremen in South Carolina confronted attempts to wipe out the state's powerful black organization. This book explores a local conflict and in the process exposes the powers that rule the United States and the global economy.
Ferdinand Smith and Radical Black Sailors in the United States and Jamaica
Gerald Horne draws on the life of Ferdinand Smith, the Jamaican-born co-founder and second-in-command of the National Maritime Union (NMU), to make connections between labor radicalism and the Civil Rights Movement - demonstrating that the gains of the latter were propelled by the former and undermined by anticommunism.
Long Island Sound Night Boats in the Twentieth Century
Edwin Dunbaugh's newest book, combining 49 nostalgic period photographs of steamships and in-depth historical research, will appeal to enthusiasts of maritime history and to students of New England business and maritime developments. Overnight steamboats between New York and ports in southern New England reached its zenith in the early years of ......
Maritime-related Terrorism in an Age of Weapons of Mass Destruction
What is being done to counter threats of maritime terrorism and how effective are the safeguards? The author presents evidence that Al-Qaeda aims to disrupt the seaborne trading system, the backbone of the modern global economy, and would use a crude nuclear explosive device or a radiological bomb to do so if it could get its hands on either, and ......
