ISBN:
0230369146
,
9780230369146
,
9781137018403
Language:
English
Pages:
XIV, 305 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Online-Ressource Palgrave connect. Economics and Finance collection Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource. ISBN 978-1-137-00375-1
Parallel Title:
Print version The World's Key Industry : History and Economics of International Shipping
Keywords:
Transportation
;
Industries
;
Trade
;
Business
;
Commerce
;
Industrial organization
;
International economics
;
Economic history
Abstract:
Maritime transport has been the main driver of trade growth, and the emergence and development of a global economy. This collection of essays from distinguished economists and historians takes an international and comparative perspective, covering topics ranging from technological advance and the role of the state to maritime business development
Abstract:
Maritime transport has been the main driver of trade growth, and the emergence and development of a global economy. This collection of essays from distinguished economists and historians takes an international and comparative perspective, covering topics ranging from technological advance and the role of the state to maritime business development
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Notes on the Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Lewis R. Fischer and the Progress of Maritime Economic History; 3 Shipping and Staple Economies in the Periphery; 4 An Appraisal of the Progress of the Steamship in the Nineteenth Century; 5 The Advantages of Water Carriage: Scale Economies and Shipping Technology, c. 1870-2000; 6 Building the Networks of Trade: Perspectives on Twentieth-Century Maritime History; 7 The Development of Commercial Infrastructure for World Shipping
Description / Table of Contents:
8 Government and the British Shipping Industry in the Later Twentieth Century9 Why They are Tall and We are Small! Competition between Antwerp and Rotterdam in the Twentieth Century; 10 Institutional Path Dependence in Port Regulation: A Comparison of New Zealand and Australia; 11 China's Seaport Development during the Early Open Door Policy Period, 1978-2002; 12 Private Companies, Culture and Place in the Development of Hull's Maritime Business Sector, c.1860-1914; 13 Risks and Rewards: The Business of Norwegian Shipping
Description / Table of Contents:
14 Business Groups and Entrepreneurial Families in Southern Europe: Comparing Greek and Spanish Shipowners in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries15 Epilogue: A Key Industry or an Invisible Industry?; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource. ISBN 978-1-137-00375-1
DOI:
10.1057/9781137003751
URL:
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