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Hull: Culture, History, Place (2017)
Book
Starkey, D. J., Atkinson, D., McDonagh, B., McKeon, S., & Salter, E. (Eds.). (2017). Hull: Culture, History, Place. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press

From its earliest origins to the twenty-first century, Hull is a city that has been continually shaped by flows of people, commodities, ideas and trade. The result is a distinctive city with a longstanding, varied, proud and often remarkable history.... Read More about Hull: Culture, History, Place.

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). London: 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.

A History of the North Atlantic Fisheries - Vol. 2: From the 1850s to the Early Twenty-First Century (2012)
Book
Starkey, D., & Heidbrink, I. (Eds.). (2012). A History of the North Atlantic Fisheries - Vol. 2: From the 1850s to the Early Twenty-First Century. Bremen: Hauschild Verlag

The fisheries have hat a profound influence on the development of human societies in the North Atlantic region. Assuming countless forms over the ages, fishing activity has ranged across the vast expanse of an ocean that comprises a myriad of complex... Read More about A History of the North Atlantic Fisheries - Vol. 2: From the 1850s to the Early Twenty-First Century.

A History of the North Atlantic Fisheries. Vol 1: From Early Times to the mid-Nineteenth Century (2009)
Book
Starkey, D., Thór, J. T., & Heidbrink, I. (Eds.). (2009). A History of the North Atlantic Fisheries. Vol 1: From Early Times to the mid-Nineteenth Century. Bremen: Hauschild Verlag

The fisheries have had a profound influence on the development of human societies in the North Atlantic region. Assuming countless forms over the ages, fishing activity has ranged across the vast expanse of an ocean that comprises a myriad of complex... Read More about A History of the North Atlantic Fisheries. Vol 1: From Early Times to the mid-Nineteenth Century.

"A Business Unique": The Wilson Line of Hull, 1840-1916 (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Starkey, D. J. (2007, December). "A Business Unique": The Wilson Line of Hull, 1840-1916

The aim of this paper is to examine the development of the Wilson Line of Hull from the 1840s to 1916, a period during which the firm expanded rapidly to become one of the largest enterprises in the British shipping industry. It assesses the extent t... Read More about "A Business Unique": The Wilson Line of Hull, 1840-1916.