Nick Robins: 9 books
The Coming of the Comet
The Rise and Fall of the Paddle Steamer
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
In August 1812 Henry Bell’s Comet, a revolutionary paddle steamer, made her first journey on the Clyde. This marked the start of extraordinary developments that completely transformed shipping and transport in Britain, Europe and the Americas. The paddle steamer soon became the key link with Empire,...
The Corporation That Changed the World
How the East India Company Shaped the Modern Multinational
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2012
The English East India Company was the mother of the modern multinational. Its trading empire encircled the globe, importing Asian luxuries such as spices, textiles and teas. But it also conquered much of India with its private army and broke open China's markets with opium. The Companys practices shocked...
Evolutions in Sustainable Investing
Strategies, Funds and Thought Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2011
Sustainable Investing is fast becoming an essential method of generating long-term returns, moving beyond the negative approaches to socially responsible investing that have dominated the field. This book, our second on the subject, provides over 15 case studies of leading global investors and companies...
by Nick Robins
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2017
In both World Wars there arose a pressing need for merchant tonnage both to supplement existing ships but, more importantly, to replace ships that had been sunk by enemy action, and the key to the Allied strategy in both wars was a massive programme of merchant shipbuilding. This need gave rise to...
The Ships That Came to Manchester
From the Mersey and Weaver Sailing Flat to the Mighty Container Ship
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2015
The merchants of Manchester were concerned about the high tariffs charged at Liverpool Docks and the excessive rates for transhipment of goods to Manchester. They decided that the best thing for their trade was to bring seagoing ships up to Manchester. And this they did – via numerous enabling Bills...
The Ships That Came to the Pool of London
From the Roman Galley to HMS Belfast
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2017
The Pool of London has long been a busy place. It has been the focus of seaborne trade with the city since the Roman galleys first arrived with exotic cargoes. After the Industrial Revolution the sailing packets were followed by wooden-hulled paddle steamships in the coasting trades, while the deep...
by Nick Robins
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2011
At the beginning of the last century it was possible to sail from London to Glasgow via the south coast ports and Belfast, returning along the east coast from either Dundee or Leith for as little as five pounds. Those were the days when 300 passengers were landed twice weekly at Grangemouth or Dundee...
Scotland and the Sea
The Scottish Dimension in Maritime History
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
Scotland's maritime heritage is a highly significant one, embracing as it does a quite outstanding contribution to Britain's development both as an empire and as the world's leading maritime power in the nineteenth century.
Scottish engineering, ship-owning and operating, as well as business...
Scotland and the Sea
The Scottish Dimension in Maritime History
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Scotland’s maritime heritage is a highly significant one, embracing as it does a quite outstanding contribution to Britain’s development both as an empire and as the world’s leading maritime power in the nineteenth century. Scottish engineering, ship owning and operating, as well as business and...