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.
Author(s): Katerina Galani, Alexandra Papadopoulou (eds.)
Series: Brill's Studies in Maritime History, 11
Publisher: Brill
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 360
City: Leiden
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Weights And Measures
Notes on Contributors
Chapter 1. Introduction: Re-Conceptualising Greek Maritime History
Chapter 2. Greek Maritime History: Navigating Greek Historiography in Domestic and International Waters
Chapter 3. From Venetian to Ionian Protectionism: Research in the Early Modern Maritime History of the Greek Subjects of Venice
Chapter 4. Caught Between Empires: Agency, Neutrality and a Middleman Minority
Chapter 5. Piracy in the Aegean: Aspects and Contradictions of Stereotypes
Chapter 6. The Black Sea in the Global Economy of the Nineteenth Century: Introducing the Black Sea Historical Statistics, 1812–1914
Chapter 7. The Creation of the Main Export Port of Crimea: Port Policy, Traffic, Infrastructure in the Port of Theodosia, 1895–1913
Chapter 8. Beyond the Mediterranean: Greek Family Business and the Familiarity of the Black and Azov Seas Maritime Space
Chapter 9. The Advent of Steam Navigation in Greece in the Nineteenth Century
Chapter 10. The Introduction of Maritime Technology in Greek Fisheries: Diving Suites in Sponge Fishing in the Aegean
Chapter 11. Business Groups’ Diversification Strategy: The Case of Ralli Bros Diversifying in Shipping
Chapter 12. Greek Shipping in the Twentieth Century: The Human Resources
Chapter 13. The Development of Naval History in Greece, 1989–2020
Epilogue. Greek Maritime History or Maritime History of the Greeks?
Index of Terms and Institutions
Index of Names
Index of Places
