1st Edition
Life on the Tyne Water Trades on the Lower River Tyne in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, a Reappraisal
By Peter D. Wright
Copyright 2014
218 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
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Whilst the early modern period has long been recognized as witnessing a growth in trade and consumerism, the majority of studies to date have tended to focus upon London and southern England. In order to provide a more balanced understanding of the dynamics at work on a national level, this book explores the local economy and waterborne trades of Newcastle and the River Tyne, in North East... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 Newcastle upon Tyne, the Coal Trade and the Local Economy; Chapter 2 The River Tyne, its Navigability and the Problem of Ballast; Chapter 3 The Water Trades Community of Tyneside; Chapter 4 All Saints: The Growth of a Riverside Parish; Chapter 5 Who Were the Owners? Networks of Working Boat and Ship Ownership; Chapter 6 The Shipping Trade on the River Tyne; Chapter 7 Ralph Jackson on Tyneside, 1749–1756: A Contemporary Perspective; Chapter 8 Conclusions;
Biography
Peter D. Wright is currently Honorary Visiting Fellow at the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Newcastle University, UK. Based on an extensive experience of cruising in a small boat around the creeks, rivers and coastline of North East England, he developed a fascination for the maritime history and development of the region. When he retired from a career in the NHS in 2003, he pursued this interest in greater depth. He joined the School of History, and in 2011 gained a Doctorate for his reappraisal of the history of the water trades along the lower River Tyne.
’Overall, this is a fully-researched, extensively-referenced and well produced book which provides a regional case-study of commercial and maritime development in North East England. The author’s own maritime interests and background give him a real ’feel’ for his subject which certainly adds to our knowledge of the country’s maritime heritage.’ International Journal of Maritime History
