by linux » Tue Nov 27, 2007 12:38 pm
I've been on the lookout for this book since this thread started last year.
On Saturday I noticed a copy was listed at ABE for �15, so I immediately snapped it up. It arrived today.
Here's the cover blurb for those interested:
Shipbuilding has long been of importance to Britain as a maritime nation. However, profound changes in the industry during the nineteenth century brought British shipbuilding to a position in which it dominated the world's markets.
Although such a marked pre-eminence could not be sustained, shipbuilding remained important to the British economy well into the twentieth century.
This book seeks to facilitate study of the industry by making available information on the present location of shipbuilding archives. It features brief histories of some two hundred businesses along with lists of their surviving records. It should be invaluable for local history and reference libraries, record offices, academic institutions and corporate libraries.
The book includes contributions from such specialists as Professor Anthony Slaven who provides a brief history of the industry and Michael Moss who offers an introduction to the nature and value of the historical records of shipbuilders. The editor, L. A. Ritchie, is a Curatorial Officer at the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts.
This guide is the second in a series of industry-based archive studies promoted by the Business Archives Council.
I'm not sure how much of the information would have changed since the book was published in 1992, but in any event it provides a good starting point for further research.
I've been on the lookout for this book since this thread started last year.
On Saturday I noticed a copy was listed at ABE for �15, so I immediately snapped it up. It arrived today. :big_grin:
Here's the cover blurb for those interested:
[quote]Shipbuilding has long been of importance to Britain as a maritime nation. However, profound changes in the industry during the nineteenth century brought British shipbuilding to a position in which it dominated the world's markets.
Although such a marked pre-eminence could not be sustained, shipbuilding remained important to the British economy well into the twentieth century.
This book seeks to facilitate study of the industry by making available information on the present location of shipbuilding archives. It features brief histories of some two hundred businesses along with lists of their surviving records. It should be invaluable for local history and reference libraries, record offices, academic institutions and corporate libraries.
The book includes contributions from such specialists as Professor Anthony Slaven who provides a brief history of the industry and Michael Moss who offers an introduction to the nature and value of the historical records of shipbuilders. The editor, L. A. Ritchie, is a Curatorial Officer at the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts.
This guide is the second in a series of industry-based archive studies promoted by the Business Archives Council.[/quote]
I'm not sure how much of the information would have changed since the book was published in 1992, but in any event it provides a good starting point for further research.