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UNINA9910785522003321 |
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Autore |
Miller Michael B (Michael Barry), <1945-> |
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Titolo |
Europe and the maritime world : a twentieth-century history / / Michael B. Miller, University of Miami [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 |
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1-139-54033-5 |
1-107-23203-1 |
1-139-52634-0 |
1-283-57481-0 |
1-139-52754-1 |
9786613887269 |
1-139-53220-0 |
1-139-52873-4 |
1-139-17004-X |
1-139-53101-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvi, 435 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Merchant marine - Europe - History - 20th century |
Shipping - Economic aspects - Europe - History - 20th century |
Europe Commerce History 20th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Ports -- Shipping -- Trading companies and their commodities -- Intermediaries -- Culture -- World War I -- The time of troubles -- War and remaking : 1939-1960s -- Transformation. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Europe and the Maritime World: A Twentieth-Century History offers a framework for understanding globalization over the past century. Through a detailed analysis of ports, shipping and trading companies whose networks spanned the world, Michael B. Miller shows how a European maritime infrastructure made modern production and consumer societies possible. He argues that the combination of overseas connections and close ties to home ports contributed to globalization. Miller also explains how the ability to manage merchant |
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