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CONTACT:enquiries@gresham.ac.uk
ORGANIZER:Gresham College
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DESCRIPTION:The rapid growth in world trade in the 19th century depended he
 avily on advance in maritime technology\, most specifically on the increasi
 ng efficiency of the steam engine. The relationship between trade and techn
 ology was a two-way process. On the one hand\, new trading opportunities st
 imulated technological change in ship propulsion. On the other\, the same p
 rocess of technological change actually created trades that would not have 
 been economically viable in the pre-steam age. Inevitably\, the balance bet
 ween trade and technology was unstable\, and produced casualities on both s
 ides of the business process. This lecture will employ case studies in succ
 ess and failure to support conclusions on the general state of the trade/te
 chnology equation.
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SUMMARY:An Engine of Commerce? Steam Technology and Global Maritime Trade\,
  1860-1910: Studies in success and failure
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