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A Skilled English Tradesman and the Early International Diffusion of Steamboat and Railway Technology: The life and career of William Harman (1804–1890), a study of individual adaptability and mobility (2024)
Journal Article
Robinson, R. (2024). A Skilled English Tradesman and the Early International Diffusion of Steamboat and Railway Technology: The life and career of William Harman (1804–1890), a study of individual adaptability and mobility. Mariner's Mirror, 110(4), 441-455. https://doi.org/10.1080/00253359.2024.2408174

Mobile British artisans played a key role in the global diffusion of industrialization, taking their skills to Continental Europe and the USA. While research in recent decades among those who might be classed as minor innovators or tweakers has incre... Read More about A Skilled English Tradesman and the Early International Diffusion of Steamboat and Railway Technology: The life and career of William Harman (1804–1890), a study of individual adaptability and mobility.

William Colbeck (Vignette) (2017)
Book Chapter
Robinson, R. (2017). William Colbeck (Vignette). In D. Starkey, D. Atkinson, B. McDonagh, S. McKeon, & E. Salter (Eds.), Hull: Culture, History, Place. Liverpool University Press

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People from Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire played a significant role in the ‘Heroic Age’ of Antarctic Exploration (1897-1922). Clements Markham, the President of the Royal Geographical Society, who envisaged and oversaw the... Read More about William Colbeck (Vignette).

The Bounty (Vignette) (2017)
Book Chapter
Robinson, R. (2017). The Bounty (Vignette). In D. Starkey, D. Atkinson, B. McDonagh, S. McKeon, & E. Salter (Eds.), Hull: Culture, History, Place. Liverpool University Press

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The shipbuilding firm owned by the Blaydes family built the Bethia in their North End Yard on the River Hull, close to their base at Blaydes House, High Street (now Hull University’s Maritime Historical Studies Centre). The Bethia... Read More about The Bounty (Vignette).

The development of Shetland's pelagic fishing industry : 1945-2000 (2012)
Thesis
Gear, R. W. The development of Shetland's pelagic fishing industry : 1945-2000. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218194

This thesis is a case study in the transformation of a fishing industry on the North Atlantic fringe between 1945 and 2000. Fishing industries worldwide underwent fundamental and wide-ranging changes during this post-war period. For the fishing indus... Read More about The development of Shetland's pelagic fishing industry : 1945-2000.

The English fishing industry, 1790-1914: a case study of the Yorkshire coast (1984)
Thesis
Robinson, R. The English fishing industry, 1790-1914: a case study of the Yorkshire coast. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4211209

This thesis contains a detailed study of the activities related to fishing from the Yorkshire coast. It further outlines  the broader development of the English Fishing industry, together with the role of the State, whilst tracing its  rela... Read More about The English fishing industry, 1790-1914: a case study of the Yorkshire coast.