Lewis R Fischer
Biographic Data
| ID | 3585854 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lewis R Fischer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lewis R |
| FAMILY NAME | Fischer |
| SIGNATURE | FISCHER L R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Memorial University of Newfoundland |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The future course of maritime history
The direction in which maritime history ought to go remains a somewhat contentious topic. Equally contentious is the issue of how best to proceed. One potential avenue is closer cooperation with world and global historians. This essay examines the possibilities and pitfalls of such collaboration, concluding that in thinking about the future maritime historians should be careful not to lose the approaches that have made their discipline unique
Dhow cultures of the Indian Ocean: Cosmopolitanism, commerce and Islam
Dhow cultures of the Indian Ocean: cosmopolitanism, commerce and Islam." Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, 49(1), pp. 243–244
Forum: Developing the Maritime World
Contesting Apartheid: US Activism, 1960-1987
UnAfrican Americans: Nineteenth-Century Black Nationalists and the Civilizing Mission
In Memoriam: Helge W. Nordvik (1943–1998), Gerald E. Panting (1927–1998)
Tall Ships of the Piscataqua, 1830-1877
The Context of Maritime History: The New International Journal of Maritime History
From Namsos to Halden: Myths and realities in the history of Norwegian seamen's wages, 1850–1914
By the beginning of August 1914 the failure of European diplomacy had dragged much of the western world to the brink of war. While military forces mobilized in other parts of the continent, Norwegian conditions were much more tranquil. In Bergen, for example, life retained its normal rhythm. This was especially true in the harbour. On the first of the month, as conditions deteriorated elsewhere, a sailing vessel and a steamer cleared the port bou…
Myth and reality in Baltic shipping: The wood trade to Britain, 1863–1908∗
Ryan, Shannon, Fish Out of Water: The Newfoundland Saltfish Trade, 1814-1914. Newfoundland History Series 2, St. John’s, Breakwater Books, 1986. xxvii-320 p
RYAN, Shannon, Fish Out of Water: The Newfoundland Saltfish Trade, 1814-1914. Newfoundland History Series 2, St. John’s, Breakwater Books, 1986. xxvii-320 p.. Un article de la revue Revue d'histoire de l'Amérique française (Volume 41, numéro 2, automne 1987, p. 155-330) diffusée par la plateforme Érudit
Change and Adaptation in Maritime History: The North Atlantic Fleets in the Nineteenth Century
Change and Adaptation in Maritime History: The North Atlantic Fleets in the Nineteenth Century
This is the sixth and final volume of papers stemming from the annual workshops of the Atlantic Canada Shipping Project. Having examined such diverse topics as shipping entrepreneurs, maritime labor, the regional context, and world trades in previous volumes, this collection is concerned with trying to understand the forces which influenced the major fleets plying the North Atlantic in the last half of the nineteenth century. Participants were re…
Atlantic Canada and Confederation: Essays in Canadian Political Economy
Change and Persistence in the Seventeenth Century
David Grayson Allen. In English Ways: The Movement of Societies and the Trans ferrai of English Local Law and Custom to Massachusetts Bay in the Seventeenth Century. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1981. 312 + xxi pp. Stephen Saunders Webb. The Governors-General: The English Army and the Definition of the Empire, 1569-1681. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press for…
Atlantic Canada and the Age of Sail Revisited
Wealth of a Nation to Be: The American Colonies on the Eve of the Revolution
An Approach to the Quantitative Analysis of British Shipping Records
Change and Adaptation in Maritime History: The North Atlantic Fleets in the Nineteenth Century
This is the sixth and final volume of papers stemming from the annual workshops of the Atlantic Canada Shipping Project. Having examined such diverse topics as shipping entrepreneurs, maritime labor, the regional context, and world trades in previous volumes, this collection is concerned with trying to understand the forces which influenced the major fleets plying the North Atlantic in the last half of the nineteenth century. Participants were re…
Contesting Apartheid: US Activism, 1960-1987
Wealth of a Nation to Be: The American Colonies on the Eve of the Revolution
Myth and reality in Baltic shipping: The wood trade to Britain, 1863–1908∗
The Context of Maritime History: The New International Journal of Maritime History
An Approach to the Quantitative Analysis of British Shipping Records
Wealth of a Nation to Be: The American Colonies on the Eve of the Revolution
Atlantic Canada and the Age of Sail Revisited
Change and Persistence in the Seventeenth Century
David Grayson Allen. In English Ways: The Movement of Societies and the Trans ferrai of English Local Law and Custom to Massachusetts Bay in the Seventeenth Century. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1981. 312 + xxi pp. Stephen Saunders Webb. The Governors-General: The English Army and the Definition of the Empire, 1569-1681. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press for…
Atlantic Canada and Confederation: Essays in Canadian Political Economy
Change and Adaptation in Maritime History: The North Atlantic Fleets in the Nineteenth Century
This is the sixth and final volume of papers stemming from the annual workshops of the Atlantic Canada Shipping Project. Having examined such diverse topics as shipping entrepreneurs, maritime labor, the regional context, and world trades in previous volumes, this collection is concerned with trying to understand the forces which influenced the major fleets plying the North Atlantic in the last half of the nineteenth century. Participants were re…
From Namsos to Halden: Myths and realities in the history of Norwegian seamen's wages, 1850–1914
By the beginning of August 1914 the failure of European diplomacy had dragged much of the western world to the brink of war. While military forces mobilized in other parts of the continent, Norwegian conditions were much more tranquil. In Bergen, for example, life retained its normal rhythm. This was especially true in the harbour. On the first of the month, as conditions deteriorated elsewhere, a sailing vessel and a steamer cleared the port bou…
Myth and reality in Baltic shipping: The wood trade to Britain, 1863–1908∗
Ryan, Shannon, Fish Out of Water: The Newfoundland Saltfish Trade, 1814-1914. Newfoundland History Series 2, St. John’s, Breakwater Books, 1986. xxvii-320 p
RYAN, Shannon, Fish Out of Water: The Newfoundland Saltfish Trade, 1814-1914. Newfoundland History Series 2, St. John’s, Breakwater Books, 1986. xxvii-320 p.. Un article de la revue Revue d'histoire de l'Amérique française (Volume 41, numéro 2, automne 1987, p. 155-330) diffusée par la plateforme Érudit
Change and Adaptation in Maritime History: The North Atlantic Fleets in the Nineteenth Century
The Context of Maritime History: The New International Journal of Maritime History
Tall Ships of the Piscataqua, 1830-1877
In Memoriam: Helge W. Nordvik (1943–1998), Gerald E. Panting (1927–1998)
Contesting Apartheid: US Activism, 1960-1987
UnAfrican Americans: Nineteenth-Century Black Nationalists and the Civilizing Mission
Forum: Developing the Maritime World
Dhow cultures of the Indian Ocean: Cosmopolitanism, commerce and Islam
Dhow cultures of the Indian Ocean: cosmopolitanism, commerce and Islam." Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, 49(1), pp. 243–244
The future course of maritime history
The direction in which maritime history ought to go remains a somewhat contentious topic. Equally contentious is the issue of how best to proceed. One potential avenue is closer cooperation with world and global historians. This essay examines the possibilities and pitfalls of such collaboration, concluding that in thinking about the future maritime historians should be careful not to lose the approaches that have made their discipline unique
History (11 works) · Political science (10 works) · History (8 works) · Ancient history (7 works) · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology (6 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works)