| Personal details |
| Name |
Dr Evan
Jones |
| Job title |
Senior Lecturer in Economic and Social History
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| Department |
Department of History (Historical Studies) University of Bristol
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| Work contact details |
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| Qualifications |
MA(Edin), MA,(York), PhD(Edin) |
| Professional details |
| Keywords |
maritime history
Bristol
Cabot
early modern period
trade
smuggling
shipping
voyages of discovery
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| Areas of expertise |
I specialise in Bristol's fourteenth - seventeenth century maritime history - including shipping, smuggling, trade, privateering and voyages of discovery. In this connection I also works on the economic, political and urban history of Bristol during this period.
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| Media experience |
Numerous radio programmes and newspaper interviews since 2001, including feature-length programmes on Radio 3 and 4. Also a few short television news interviews on Points West and HTV News.
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