‎Moffat, Alistair‎
‎The North Sea‎

‎Landscapes or seascapes? The history of the coastal environment in the North Sea area reconsidered,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 2012 Paperback, approx. 450 p., 130 colour ill., 156 x 234 mm. ISBN 9782503540580.‎

‎This volume contains the proceedings of the conference Landscapes or seascapes? The history of the coastal environment in the North Sea area reconsidered, which took place in Ghent in April 2010. More than 50 years ago, in 1958, a first conference on the evolution of the coastal area of the Low Countries took place in Ghent. It was followed by a second one in 1978 in the same town. Since that last conference a lot of new research has been carried out. New research questions, methodological and technological innovations and an increasing emphasis on interdisciplinary and comparative approaches significantly altered our comprehension of the historical interaction between man and nature in the extremely variable environment of the coastal plain. Much more than before, coastal development is now explained from a permanent and complex interaction between human and physical evolutions. Moreover the coastal area is no longer isolated from its spatial context, but considered in its entire relationship with the sea on the one hand and with the inland areas on the other hand. These connections between human and physical evolutions and between the coastal region, the inland areas and the sea were at the heart of the international and interdisciplinary conference on the coastal development in the North Sea Area. Compared to the earlier conferences, the regional scope is significantly enlarged: although a lot of attention is still paid to the coastlands of the Low Countries, a systematic comparison with other North Sea Areas like Northern Germany and Southern England will be made. Languages: English.‎

‎Land Productivity and Agro-systems in the North Sea Area (Middle Ages - 20th Century). Elements for Comparison,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 1999 Paperback, 382 p., 156 x 234 mm. ISBN 9782503509624.‎

‎This book deals with land productivity and agro-systems, and reflects the new developments and findings in this field by placing and analysing land productivity more clearly within agricultural, ecological and socio-economic contexts. This book deals with land productivity. Agriculture took the largest share of GNP before the mid-19th century and so economic growth must focus on agricultural transformations and measurements of agricultural productivity and its determinants. The 1963 study by B.H. Slicher van Bath on yield ratios across Europe was epoch-making. But more recent studies point to the necessity of placing and analysing land productivity more clearly within agricultural, ecological and socio-economic contexts. This publication, made by the CORN research team, reflects the new developments and findings in this field, for the North Sea area from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. The book consists of three sections: the first contains national longterm overviews for each of the North Sea countries; the second part presents several case studies which examine the relationship between land productivity and agro-systems; and the last part consists of general comparative studies. The publication thus hopes to advance our understanding of developments in land productivity and to build the material for further research. Languages: English.‎

‎Groos O. The War at Sea 1914-1918. Volume One. War in the North Sea from the out‎

‎Groos O. The War at Sea 1914-1918. Volume One. War in the North Sea from the outbreak of war to the beginning of September 1914 /Groos O. Voyna na more 1914-1918 gg. Pervyy tom. Voennye deystviya v Severnom more ot vozniknoveniya voyny do nachala sentyabrya 1914 g. Pg State Publishing House.Department of Military Literature R.V.C.R. 1921. 256s. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalb9d5fdc159df4b647‎

‎Landholding and Land Transfer in the North Sea Area (Late Middle Ages - 19th Century),‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 2004 Paperback, 292 p., 156 x 234 mm. ISBN 9782503510972.‎

‎For a better understanding of medieval and early modern rural society, in which land was the principal source of income and investment, as well as a most prestigious object of possession and a solid base of power, historical questions on landholding and land transfers are highly relevant. This volume aims to clarify some long-standing issues concerning the large variety of land tenure and non-familial transfers of land in the North Sea area by treating them from a regional - if possible comparative - perspective and by linking them to such structural features of preindustrial rural society as shifts in land to labour ratio's; social property relations; commercialisation and the rise of land, leasehold, and credit markets; the growth of state intervention and the institutional innovation that followed in its wake; the sustained prevalence of local or regional customary law; and the effects of social and cultural values on the demand for land. From viewing the later medieval and early modern period as a whole, one has to conclude that the mobility of agricultural land markedly increased. This was due first and foremost to the establishment of clear-cut private property rights, to the expansion of land and credit markets, and to the spread of short-term leasing. Differences in the pace of capitalist development as well as of state formation were mainly responsible for outspoken regional differences. Languages: English.‎

‎The Plankton of the North Sea, The English Channel and the Skagerak in 1898 / The Plankton of the North Sea and Skagerak in 1900 / Plankton Collected by the Swedish Expedition to Spitzbergen in 1898 / Plankton-Researches in 1897 / Plankton Researches in 1901 and 1902.‎

‎1899-1903 Five papers. 53, 49, 48, 33, 53 p., 4 pls, roy. 4to, disbound (no covers). Unopened copies. Published in: Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakedemiens Handlingar.‎