Contents -- Illustrative Material -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Sailing Ships and Regional History -- 2 Rise of an Enclave Industry -- 3 Colonial Argosy -- 4 Maritime Merchants in the Old Colonial System -- 5 Rise and Decline of the Ocean Fleets -- 6 Capital, Labour, and Profits -- 7 Merchant Shipowners in the Industrial Era -- 8 A Culture of EntrepÃ?t Growth -- 9 Maritime Capital and Economic Development -- 10 Postscript: A Comparative Perspective -- Appendix A: Sample Gross Revenue Calculations, 1863, 1873 -- Appendix B: Average Gross Revenue, Selected Commodities
Appendix C: Returns on Six Nova Scotia Vessels, 1867�92Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y