Trade and Shipping of Nineteenth Century Hull

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Scholarly overview covering, inter alia, port and docks, railways and merchanting. Sections include: '1800-15 - Hull during the Napoleonic Wars'; '1816-40 - the pre-railway era'; '1841-74 - Inter-port competition'; '1875-1900 - Development in dock and railway facilities and widening of the ports's trading activities'; '1800-1900 - the mercantile community'. Statistical appendix re shipping and foreign trade