List of Figures, Tables and Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Preface; The Problem and the Proposition; Productivity Trends in Various Shipping Regimes; Sources of Productivity Growth; Bibliography; List of Contributors; Index
Summary
Shipping was the most dynamic sector of the economy of Europe from the fourteenth into the nineteenth century. Europeans who moved goods by sea dramatically improved their efficiency, laying the foundations for greater economic growth to come and for domination of the world's oceans
