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Distant-Water Trawlerman: William Oliver, 1884-1959 (2017)
Book Chapter
Starkey, D. J. (2017). Distant-Water Trawlerman: William Oliver, 1884-1959. In D. J. Starkey, D. Atkinson, B. McDonagh, S. McKeon, & E. Salter (Eds.), Hull: Culture, History, Place (207-237). Liverpool University Press

A persistent phenomenon: private prize-taking in the British Atlantic world, c.1540-1856 (2014)
Book Chapter
Starkey, D. J., & McCarthy, M. (2014). A persistent phenomenon: private prize-taking in the British Atlantic world, c.1540-1856. In S. Eklöf Amirell, & L. Müller (Eds.), Persistent Piracy (131-151). London: Palgrave Macmillan UK. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137352866_7

The British Atlantic world was ‘created by kaleidoscopic movements of people, goods and ideas’ that spiralled out of England, Scotland and Ireland (hereafter, Britain) from the sixteenth century onwards.1 A desire to gain at the expense of foreigners... Read More about A persistent phenomenon: private prize-taking in the British Atlantic world, c.1540-1856.

Private companies, culture and place in the development of Hull's maritime business sector, c.1860-1914 (2012)
Book Chapter
Barnard, M. G., & Starkey, D. J. (2012). Private companies, culture and place in the development of Hull's maritime business sector, c.1860-1914. In G. Harlaftis, S. Tenold, & J. M. Valdaliso (Eds.), The World’s Key Industry : History and Economics of International Shipping (200-219). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137003751_12

Skip Fischer has suggested that maritime historians often fail to situate their studies ‘within the broader debates that animate discussion and research in the larger [historical] profession’. While this may be true of many branches of the history di... Read More about Private companies, culture and place in the development of Hull's maritime business sector, c.1860-1914.