Enterprising women and shipping in the nineteenth century. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Helen Doe.
• Other Names: Doe, Helen
• Contents: LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES; LUST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1 The Legal, Financial and Cultural Environment; 2 Maritime Communities; 3 Five Investor Ports; 4 Shipowning Wives, Widows and Spinsters; 5 Active and Passive Female Shipowners; 6 Managing Owners; 7 Port Businesswomen; 8 Warship Builders; 9 Merchant Shipbuilders; 10 Conclusion: 'A Respectable and Desirable Thing'; APPENDICES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
• Publisher Details: Woodbridge : Boydell Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 272 pages), illustrations, map
• Subjects: 387.082/0941; Shipbuilding -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Businesswomen -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Construction navale -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 19e siècle; TRANSPORTATION -- General; HISTORY -- Modern -- General; Businesswomen; Shipbuilding; Schiffbauindustrie; Unternehmerin; Scheepvaart; Reders; Vrouwen; Great Britain; Großbritannien; Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781846157219; 1846157218
• Related ISBNs: 9781843834724; 1843834723
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-265) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.