'Operational problems of the transfer to steam. Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Co, c1820-1845' in T C Smout (ed), Scotland and the Sea

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Deals with the largest, albeit of generally small scale, coastal shipping business at Dundee looking at its day to day operating issues although largely considered in relation to its conversion from sail to steam - accounting procedures, competition, freight rates, shore facilities, crew selection, etc, etc