Environment, Economy and Trade in British Discourse on Fisheries, 1650-1800

这个项目将研究渔业在英国围绕政治经济和国际竞争的辩论中的地位，在英国内战和美国革命之间，把渔业这个被忽视的话题作为一个棱镜，重新思考贸易的地缘政治竞争、国内和国际经济增长和英国作为一个帝国大国的崛起之间的关系。渔业是关于英国经济健康和政治稳定的辩论的基础，但是——尽管哈里斯（2000）的工作——没有对这一时期的帝国和商业扩张进行深入研究。我的项目将从一个独特的角度，在知识分子和环境历史方法的交叉点，提供第一个全面的主题说明。在渔业再次与环境问题和英国与其大陆邻国之间的紧张关系纠缠在一起的时代，这项研究尤其具有时代性。

This project will examine the place of fisheries within British debates around political economy andinternational competition between the English Civil War and the American Revolution, treating the muchoverlookedtopic of fisheries as a prism for rethinking the relationship between geopolitical competitionof trade, domestic and international economic growth and the rise of Britain as an imperial power.Fisheries were fundamental to debates about the economic health and political stability of Britain, but -despite the work of Harris (2000) - there exists no thorough study in this period of empire andcommercial expansion. My project will offer the first comprehensive account of the topic from a uniqueperspective, at the intersection of intellectual and environmental historical approaches. In an age whenfisheries are once again entangled with both environmental concerns and tensions between Britain andher continental neighbours, this research is particularly topical.