Harbours and Havens: Essays in Port History in Honour of Gordon Jackson
Lewis R. Fischer and Adrian Jarvis
Abstract
This book is a collection of ten essays concerning various aspects of ports, port towns, and port history, by means of tribute to the maritime historian, Gordon Jackson. The volumes begins with an appreciation of Gordon Jackson’s career, and concludes with a bibliography of his published work. The first four essays concern British ports - Hull, Liverpool, and Dumfries in particular - and the remaining six concern international ports - a wide range stretching across the ports of Fremantle, Yokohama, Dubai, and Bremen. The essays cover topics such as politics and port management; port developmen ... More
This book is a collection of ten essays concerning various aspects of ports, port towns, and port history, by means of tribute to the maritime historian, Gordon Jackson. The volumes begins with an appreciation of Gordon Jackson’s career, and concludes with a bibliography of his published work. The first four essays concern British ports - Hull, Liverpool, and Dumfries in particular - and the remaining six concern international ports - a wide range stretching across the ports of Fremantle, Yokohama, Dubai, and Bremen. The essays cover topics such as politics and port management; port development throughout history; post-war port development; individual case studies; the construction of artificial ports; and port policies.
Keywords:
British Ports,
Port Authorities,
Port Towns,
Port Development,
Port Technology,
Port Economics,
Shipping Industry,
Port Infrastructure
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 1998 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780968128862 |
| Published to Liverpool Scholarship Online: September 2018 |
DOI:10.5949/liverpool/9780968128862.001.0001 |
