Atlantic Ports and the First Globalisation, c. 1850–1930 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Miguel Suárez Bosa

• Pubblicazione: London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (216 p.)
• Disciplina: 380.9182109034
• Soggetto topico: History, Modern; Economic history; World history; Imperialism; Modern History; Economic History; World History, Global and Transnational History; Imperialism and Colonialism
• Persona (resp. second.): BosaMiguel Suárez
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Tables, Figures and Maps; Preface and Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; 1 Atlantic Ports: An Interpretative Model; 2 The Ports of the Canary Islands: The Challenges of Modernity; 3 Porto Grande of S. Vicente: The Coal Business on an Atlantic Island; 4 The Port of Casablanca in the First Stage of the Protectorate; 5 The Port of Dakar: Technological Evolution, Management and Commercial Activity; 6 The Port of Lagos, 1850-1929: The Rise of West Africa's Leading Seaport; 7 Port of Havana: The Gateway of Cuba, 1850-1920 ; 8 Port of La Guaira: From Public to Private Management9 The Emergence of Santos as a Coffee Port, 1869-1914; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Port cities were the means through which cultural and economic exchange took place between continental societies and the maritime world. In examining the ports of Brazil, the Caribbean and West Africa, this volume will provide fresh insight into the meaning of the 'First Globalisation'.
• Titolo autorizzato: Atlantic Ports and the First Globalisation, c. 1850–1930
• ISBN: 1-349-46031-1; 1-137-32798-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815798203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series