This edited collection examines the formation of urban networks and role of gateways in Europe from the Middle Ages to the modern world. In the past, gateway cities were merely perceived as transport points, only relevant to maritime shipping. Today they are seen as the organic entities coordinating the allocation of resources and supporting the growth, efficiency and sustainability of logistics (including both the transport and distribution of goods and services). Using different historical case studies, the authors consider how logistics shaped urban networks and were shaped by them.
Author(s): Giovanni Favero, Michael-W. Serruys, Miki Sugiura
Series: Palgrave Studies In Economic History
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 260
Tags: Economic History
Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii
Introduction (Giovanni Favero, Michael-W. Serruys, Miki Sugiura)....Pages 1-20
Front Matter ....Pages 21-21
Gateway of Gothenburg (Per Hallén)....Pages 23-49
Front Matter ....Pages 51-51
Bordeaux from Its Vineyards to Its Hinterland: A Regional Capital in the Late Middle Ages (Sandrine Lavaud)....Pages 53-73
Urban Networks on the Move: The Austrian Netherlands’ Transit Policy and the Development of the Belgian Urban Networks in the Eighteenth Century (1704–1793) (Michael-W. Serruys)....Pages 75-100
Persistence and Evolution in the Eastern Sicilian Coastal Corridor: The Mobility of Goods and People at the Port of Catania (1817–1860) (Giovanni Cristina)....Pages 101-121
Bridging the Gap: The Belfast-Dublin Railway Corridor in the Nineteenth Century (Agustina Martire)....Pages 123-142
Front Matter ....Pages 143-143
Urban Network and Economic Policy: The Milanese Case During the Spanish and Austrian Ages (Giovanna Tonelli)....Pages 145-160
The Construction of an Inland Gateway: Milan in the Course of the Early Modern Period (Luca Mocarelli)....Pages 161-171
Gateways as Inter-Modal Nodes in Different Ages: The Venetian Region, Eighteenth to Twentieth Centuries (Giovanni Favero)....Pages 173-190
Front Matter ....Pages 191-191
The Flaxseed Trade Between Courland and Brittany in the Eighteenth Century (Pierrick Pourchasse)....Pages 193-207
Ports and Their Functions: Some Reflections About Preindustrial Logistics (Werner Scheltjens)....Pages 209-223
Tracking Waters: Small Cities Transport Network of Early Modern Friesland (Miki Sugiura)....Pages 225-248
Back Matter ....Pages 249-253
