Title Mediterranean wooden shipbuilding : economy, technology and institutions in Syros in the nineteenth century / by Apostolos Delis

Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016] ©2016

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Description 1 online resource Series Brill's studies in maritime history ; volume 2 Brill's studies in maritime history ; volume 2. Contents Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 The City and the Maritime Centre -- 2 Syros Shipbuilding: An Industry before Industrialization -- 3 Production, Productivity, and Performance of the Shipbuilding Industry -- 4 The Production Process -- 5 The Demand: Shipowners and Investors -- 6 Factors of Production -- Conclusions -- Appendices -- Sources and Bibliography -- Index Summary In Mediterranean Wooden Shipbuilding: Economy, Technology and Institutions in Syros in the Nineteenth Century Apostolos Delis analyses the wooden shipbuilding industry of the port of Syros, an important maritime and commercial crossroad in the nineteenth century eastern Mediterranean. The main axes of analysis are the economic, technical and institutional aspects of the industry in relation to the wider international context of shipping and trade. Based on unpublished archival sources, multi-language secondary literature and the employment of interdisciplinary theoretical tools Apostolos Delis not only highlights the national and international significance of Syros' shipbuilding industry, but also contributes novel material to our knowledge of wooden shipbuilding in the Mediterranean Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Shipbuilding industry -- Greece -- Hermoupolis -- History -- 19th century Ships, Wooden -- Greece -- Hermoupolis -- Design and construction Ships, Wooden -- Greece -- Hermoupolis -- History -- 19th century Sailing ships -- Greece -- Hermoupolis -- History -- 19th century Shipyards -- Greece -- Hermoupolis -- History -- 19th century TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science Economic history Sailing ships Shipbuilding industry Ships, Wooden Ships, Wooden -- Design and construction Shipyards SUBJECT Hermoupolis (Greece) -- Economic conditions -- 19th century Syros Island (Greece) -- History, Naval -- 19th century Subject Greece -- Hermoupolis Greece -- Syros Island Genre/Form History Naval history Form Electronic book LC no. 2015032380 ISBN 9789004306158 9004306153

Other Titles Shipbuilding economy, technology and institutions in Syros in the nineteenth century

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