A History of Greek-Owned Shipping

This study provides the most comprehensive history of the development of modern Greek shipping ever published, from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. It is richly illustrated with numerous maps, photographs and extensive tables.

Greek-owned shipping has been at the top of the world fleet for the last twenty years. Winner of the 1997 Runciman Award, this richly sourced study traces the development of the Greek tramp fleet from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Gelina Harlaftis argues that the success of Greek-owned shipping in recent years has been a result not of a number of entrepreneurs using flags of convenience in the 1940s, but of networks and organisational structures which date back to the nineteenth century.
This study provides the most comprehensive history of development of modern Greek shipping ever published. It is illustrated with numerous maps and photographs, and includes extensive tables of primary data.

'We are all wiser due to Dr. Harlaftis' excellent analysis ... very important book.' - International Journal of Maritime History

Autorentext

Harlaftis, Gelina

Inhalt
Part I The nineteenth century 1 TRADE AND SHIPPING OF THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN AND THE BLACK SEA IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 2 GREEK COMMERCIAL AND MARITIME NETWORKS: THE 'CHIOT' PHASE, 1830s1860s, 3 GREEK MARITIME AND COMMERCIAL NETWORKS: THE 'IONIAN' PHASE, 1870s1900s, 4 SHIPPING AND GREECE, 18301914, 5 VOYAGES, MASTERS AND SEAMEN Part II The twentieth century 6 GREEK MARITIME 'EXPANSION', 191439, 7 LABOUR RELATIONS IN THE GREEK-OWNED FLEET IN THE INTERWAR PERIOD 8 THE TROUBLED 1940s: SETTING THE BASIS FOR THE 'LEAP FORWARD', 9 INTERNATIONAL SEA-TRADE AND GREEK-OWNED SHIPPING IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 10 THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME NETWORK OF THE GREEKS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY