| Contents |
Water transport and the Roman occupation of north Britain / Colin Martin -- Piracy in late medieval Scotland / David Ditchburn -- Long distance trade or tramping / Thomas Riis -- Jacobitism and the Scottish seas, 1689-1719 / David Aldridge -- Adam Smith's rents from the sea / Brian Smith -- Traditionalism and innovation in the maritime technology of Shetland and other Atlantic communities / Ian Morrison -- Shellfish as bait / Alexander Fenton -- Operational problems of the transfer to steam / Gordon Jackson -- Scottish shipbuilders and marine engineers /Anthony Slaven -- Lascar seamen on the Clyde / Robert Prescott -- Scottish nationalism and North Sea oil / Christopher Harvie and Stephen Maxwell. |
| General note | "Originally given as papers at the joint seminar of the Scottish History Department and the Scottish Institute of Maritime Studies, at St. John's House Institute for Advanced Historical Studies at the University of St. Andrews"--Pref. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| LCCN | 91030710 |
| ISBN | 0859763382 (John Donald) : |
| ISBN | 0389209694 (Barnes and Noble) |
