Author: Joseph Earle SpencerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Author: John Grant Birch
Author: Ivon Arthur Donnelly![A Description of the Chinese Junk, “Keying.” Fourth edition. [With plates.] PDF](https://books.google.com/books/content/images/frontcover/hKNWAAAAcAAJ?fife=w150-h200)
Author: Practical Junk Rig
Author: H.G. HaslerPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408127091
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
This encyclopaedic volume synthesises 25 years of research and development of this unique rig as adapted to western craft. It is a work which has been welcomed by the growing number of yachtsmen and designers throughout the world who already enjoy the benefits of junk rig or who wish to do so. Now in paperback for the first time, Practical Junk Rig examines the design and aerodynamic theory behind junk rigs and discusses how best to sail them. It outlines the rig in detail, the principles that underlie it, considers possible alternative shapes and arrangements and analyses performance, all assisted by a wealth of detailed line illustrations. 'There is no better or more compehensive work on the subject available... it should be considered THE handbook on junk rigs for anyone interested in the subject' Sailing 'I cannot recommend this book too highly' Classic Boat
The Intra-Asian Trade in Japanese Copper by the Dutch East India Company during the Eighteenth Century
Author: Ryuto ShimadaPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047417585
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
In this definitive study of the intra-Asian trade in Japanese copper trade by the Dutch East India Company, the author argues that the trade in this commodity reaped high profits. Despite the huge imports of British copper by the English East India Company during the eighteenth century, the Dutch Company successfully continued to sell Japanese copper in South Asia at higher prices. Compared to the capital-intensive development of British mines in the age of the Industrial Revolution, the copper production in Tokugawa Japan was characterized by a labour-intensive 'revolution' which also made a big impact on the local economy.
The Junkman Smiles
Author: G. R. G. WorcesterPublisher: London : Chatto and Windus
ISBN:
Category : Addicts
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
G. Worcester was for many years in the River Inspectorate of the Chinese Maritime Customs. His work of river surveying took him almost all over Central China, and in the course of his career he also visied Southern China and Formosa for the purpose of observing the local junks. (Dust jacket).
Geographers
Author: Geoffrey MartinPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1474226582
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Geographers is an annual collection of studies on individuals who have made major contributions to the development of geography and geographical thought. Subjects are drawn from all periods and from all parts of the world, and include famous names as well as those less well known, including explorers, independent thinkers and scholars. Each paper describes the geographer's education, life and work and discusses their influence and spread of academic ideas. Each study includes a select bibliography and a brief chronology. The work includes a general index, and a cumulative index of geographers listed in volumes published to date. Published under the auspices of the International Geographical Union.
Transport in Transition
Author: Andrew WatsonPublisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472901567
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
Water transport is a major feature of the traditional Chinese economy because of its magnitude and comparative efficiency. Yet this feature has all too often been ignored by scholars, with the notable exception of Japanese scholars. We cannot hope to gain any real conception of how the Chinese economy worked in the past, or works now, until we have a clearer picture of the circulation of men and commodities. In this circulation, water transport has been and is of crucial importance. Transport in Transition collects and translates notable Japanese articles to throw some light on the evolution of traditional junk shipping during a key transitional phase, 1900–1940, when it was absorbing the influences of various forms of modernization and on the eve of its major organizational transformation under the direction of the Communisty Party. The articles chosen concentrate on two main themes: the institutional organization of the shipping business, and the forms of ownership and operation. They will be of value to business historians and economic sociologists generally as well as to economic historians interested in transport. Several features of the Chinese economy are sharply illuminated. Most striking is the extent of regional variation. North and central Chinese shipping are shown to have differed both in their methods of operaiton and organization. Also noteworthy is the enduring strength of some traditional features of shipping operation and business practice. An unexpected feature of this endurance was the strength of traditional shipping in the face of steady competition from all forms of modern transport and from reputdely more efficient forms of business management.
Author: Ivon A. Donnelly