'The want of sufficient men': Labour recruitment and training in the British North Sea fisheries, 1850-1950
(2015)
Journal Article
Wilcox, M. (2015). 'The want of sufficient men': Labour recruitment and training in the British North Sea fisheries, 1850-1950. International Journal of Maritime History, 27(4), 723-742. https://doi.org/10.1177/0843871415610504
Between 1815 and 1950 the British fishing industry underwent fundamental and far-reaching changes. The industry expanded rapidly in the half-century prior to the First World War, before entering a period of stagnation thereafter. The technology of fi... Read More about 'The want of sufficient men': Labour recruitment and training in the British North Sea fisheries, 1850-1950.