# An Engine of Commerce? Steam Technology and Global Maritime Trade, 1860-1910: Studies in success and failure

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Dr Malcolm Cooper
- Year: 2007
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Engineering, History
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/engine-commerce-steam-technology-and-global-maritime-trade-1860-1910)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

The rapid growth in world trade in the 19th century depended heavily on advance in maritime technology, most specifically on the increasing efficiency of the steam engine. The relationship between trade and technology was a two-way process. On the one hand, new trading opportunities stimulated technological change in ship propulsion. On the other, the same process of technological change actually created trades that would not have been economically viable in the pre-steam age.

## Lectures

1. [An Engine of Commerce? Steam Technology and Global Maritime Trade, 1860-1910: Studies in success and failure](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/engine-commerce-steam-technology-and-global-maritime-trade-1860-1910/b0b5fa558b0f) (YouTube)