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Portsmouth Ships, Dockyard and Town
Ray Riley
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Description for Portsmouth Ships, Dockyard and Town
Paperback. Through photographs and text, Ray Rileylooks at the history of Portsmouth's shipyards and relationship with the navy." Num Pages: 128 pages, 200ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKESH; HBTM; WGG; WQH; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 9. Weight in Grams: 310.
For a long time Portsmouth has been known as a Dockyard town, and indeed until the 1980s, when the last great contraction of the yard took place, this was certainly the case. Portsmouth's original function was not so much that of a dockyard, since these did not exist, so much as a landing place for the convenience of dignitaries travelling between France and England, following the Norman conquest. Portsmouth's fortunes were closely linked to war and peace, rather than to the market considerations which governed most town's growth. In contrast to the efforts of the Dockyard, which around the ... Read more
For a long time Portsmouth has been known as a Dockyard town, and indeed until the 1980s, when the last great contraction of the yard took place, this was certainly the case. Portsmouth's original function was not so much that of a dockyard, since these did not exist, so much as a landing place for the convenience of dignitaries travelling between France and England, following the Norman conquest. Portsmouth's fortunes were closely linked to war and peace, rather than to the market considerations which governed most town's growth. In contrast to the efforts of the Dockyard, which around the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752427768
SKU
V9780752427768
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