Atlantic ports and the first globalisation, c. 1850-1930 / edited by Miguel Suárez Bosa.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Suárez Bosa, Miguel, editor.

Series:

Cambridge imperial and postcolonial studies series.

Cambridge imperial and postcolonial studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Commerce.

History.

Globalization.

Port cities.

Atlantic Ocean Region--Commerce--History--19th century.

Atlantic Ocean Region.

Port cities--Atlantic Ocean Region--History--19th century.

Port cities--Atlantic Ocean Region--History--20th century.

Globalization--History--19th century.

Globalization--History--20th century.

Atlantic Ocean Region--Commerce--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

xi, 203 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Summary:

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 provides fresh insight into the meaning of the 'First Globalisation'. Many of these ports were part of territories either governed or dominated by France, Britain, Spain or Portugal, ports that participated in global economy and society on very different terms from those northern European cities where major merchant and banking interests had their headquarters. Likewise, the ports of independent American countries underwent their own development processes. Taking the perspective of the Global South, the volume assesses this globalising trend, with its associated Industrial Revolution, colonial expansion and new migrant and commodities flows. The international cast of authors in this collection bring fresh insight to this much debated period of history. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Atlantic Ports: An Interpretative Model / Miguel Suárez Bosa Bosa, Miguel Suárez 1

2 The Ports of the Canary Islands: The Challenges of Modernity / Luis Gabriel Cabrera Armas Armas, Luis Gabriel Cabrera 19

3 Porto Grande of S. Vicente: The Coal Business on an Atlantic Island / Ana Prata Prata, Ana 49

4 The Port of Casablanca in the First Stage of the Protectorate / Miguel Suárez Bosa Bosa, Miguel Suárez, Leila Maziane Maziane, Leila 70

5 The Port of Dakar: Technological Evolution, Management and Commercial Activity / Daniel Castillo Hidalgo Hidalgo, Daniel Castillo 90

6 The Port of Lagos, 1850-1929: The Rise of West Africa's Leading Seaport / Ayodeji Olukoju Olukoju, Ayodeji 112

7 Port of Havana: The Gateway of Cuba, 1850-1920 / Francisco Suárez Viera Viera, Francisco Suárez 130

8 Port of La Guaira: From Public to Private Management / Catalina Banko Banko, Catalina 154

9 The Emergence of Santos as a Coffee Port, 1869-1914 / Cezar Honorato Honorato, Cezar, Liuz Cláudio Ribeiro Ribeiro, Liuz Cláudio 170.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781137327970

1137327979

OCLC:

862759748

Publisher Number:

99957067549