Those Emblems of Hell?: European Sailors and the Maritime Labour Market, 1570-1870 (Research in Maritime History, 13)

By: Paul C. van Royen

This volume collects a series of reports from maritime historians across Europe, aiming to provide a coherent historical trajectory of the lives of European sailors and their dealings with the maritime labour market; the reports were presented at The Hague's 1994 conference, 'European Sailors, 1570-1870' The core areas discussed in the first half of the volume include: the national maritime labour market; the international maritime labour market;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0968128831
• ISBN13: 9780968128831
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.1" x 1.1" x 9.2"