TY - BOOK ID - 6416713 TI - Bristol and the Atlantic trade in the eighteenth century PY - 1993 SN - 0521330173 0521893674 0511522738 9780521330176 9780511522734 9780521893671 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Shipping KW - Merchant marine KW - Bristol (England) KW - History KW - Commerce KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Shipping - England - Bristol - History - 18th century. KW - Merchant marine - Great Britain - History - 18th century. KW - Bristol (England) - Commerce - History - 18th century. KW - Great Britain KW - America KW - Colonies KW - Marine shipping KW - Marine transportation KW - Maritime shipping KW - Ocean KW - Ocean traffic KW - Ocean transportation KW - Sea transportation KW - Shipping industry KW - Water transportation KW - Communication and traffic KW - Marine service KW - Transportation KW - Mercantile marine KW - Economic aspects KW - Americas KW - New World KW - Western Hemisphere KW - Bristol, Eng. KW - Corporation of the City of Bristol (England) KW - Bristol (Avon) KW - City of Bristol (England) KW - City and County of Bristol (England) KW - City & County of Bristol (England) KW - Bristol (England : Unitary authority) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:6416713 AB - This book offers the first detailed examination for many years of the transatlantic trade and shipping of Bristol during the eighteenth century. It compares the performance of Bristol as a port during this period with the growth of other out ports, especially Liverpool and Glasgow. Dr Morgan's analysis shows that the absolute growth of Bristol's Atlantic trade between 1700 and 1800 was concomitant with the relative decline of Bristol as a port; the main reasons for this decline were the lack of improvement to port facilities, increasing specialisation among the Bristol merchant community, the impact of war on trade, and the superior business acumen in the tobacco and slave trades manifested by Glasgow and Liverpool merchants respectively. Bristol and the Atlantic Trade is based on a great variety of primary sources in the British Isles, the USA, the West Indies, Australia and continental Europe. ER -