Greek Maritime History

From the Periphery to the Centre

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume presents Greek Maritime History and unravels the historical trajectory of a maritime nation par excellence in the Eastern Mediterranean. At the core of the book lies the rise of the Greek merchant fleet and its transformation from a peripheral to an international carrier. Following the evolution of Greek shipping for more than three centuries (17th-20th century), the book traces a maritime nation in its making and provides proof of a different, yet successful pattern of maritime development compared to other European maritime nations. The chapters adopt a multidimensional and interdisciplinary approach - spanning from shipping, fishing and trade to piracy, technology, human resources and entrepreneurship - and reflect the main directions of Greek maritime historiography over the last thirty years. Contributors are: Apostolos Delis, Dimitris Dimitropoulos, Zisis Fotakis, Katerina Galani, Gelina Harlaftis, Evdokia Olympitou, Gerassimos D. Pagratis, Alexandra Papadopoulou, Socrates Petmezas, Evrydiki Sifneos, Anna Sydorenko, Ioannis Theotokas, and Katerina Vourkatioti.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brill
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 676g
• ISBN-13: 9789004467712
• ISBN-10: 9004467718
• Artikelnr.: 62821215

Autorenporträt

Katerina Galani, Ph.D. (2011), Oxford University, is Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Institute for Mediterranean Studies and teaches Economic and Social History at the Hellenic Open University. Her publications include British Shipping in the Mediterranean During the Napoleonic Wars (Brill, 2017). Her recent work involves the formation of the port-city of Piraeus during the industrialization and the naval and merchant fleet during the Greek War of Independence (1821-1831). Alexandra Papadopoulou, Ph.D. (2011), Ionian University, is currently a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Institute for Mediterranean Studies. She published "Foreign merchant business and the integration of the Black and Azov Seas of the Russian Empire into the First Global Economy" (Business History, 2012). Her research interests are related to the evolution of Greek maritime communities during the 18th and 19th centuries and the role of maritime business in globalization in the Black Sea economy of the 19th century.