Greek shipowners and Greece, 1945-1975 : from separate development to mutual interdependece / Gelina Harlaftis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harlaftis, Gelina, 1958- author.

Series:

History: Bloomsbury Academic Collections

History: European history, Bloomsbury Academic collections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Merchant marine--Greece--History.

Merchant marine.

Merchant marine--Government policy--Greece.

Greece--Economic conditions--1918-1974.

Greece.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Other Title:

Greek shipowners and Greece, 1945-1975 : from separate development to mutual interdependence

Greek shipowners & Greece, 1945-1975.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This account of the extraordinary growth of the Greek ship-operating industry following the Second World War is a major breakthrough. The body of data presented and analysed makes it possible to form an informed historical view of Greek pre-eminence in sea transport.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes on Measurements and Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I: THE SHIPPING FIRMS; 1 The shipowners: kinship and organization; KINSHIP AND ORGANIZATION OF THE TRADITIONAL SHIPOWNERS; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN OF THE NON-TRADITIONAL SHIPOWNERS; 2 The shipowners and the shipping firms; MAIN DECISION CENTRES OF GREEK-OWNED SHIPPING FIRMS; TRADITIONAL AND NON-TRADITIONAL SHIPOWNERS; ECONOMIC BACKGROUND OF NON-TRADITIONAL SHIPOWNERS; THE PIRAEUS GREEKS; 3 The international scene and the Greek-owned fleet; TANKER SHIPPING

DRY-CARGO SHIPPINGFLAGS OF CONVENIENCE; PART II: SHIPOWNERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; 4 The shipowners and the economy; SHIPOWNING CAPITAL; THE GROWTH OF THE ECONOMY; 5 Shipowning capital and industry; PARTICIPATION IN INDUSTRY; AN EVALUATION OF SHIPOWNERS' INVESTMENTS IN INDUSTRY; 6 Shipowning capital and the tertiary sector of the economy; SHIPOWNERS AND THE BANKS; SHIPOWNERS AND TOURISM; SHIPOWNERS AND OTHER COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES; PART III: SHIPOWNERS AND THE POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT; 7 The shipowners and the state; THE PERIOD OF 'MISTRUST, 1940-58

THE ADVANTAGES OF THE NATIONAL FLAG, 1958-67THE EPANAPATRISMOS, 1967-74; 8 The Shipowners' Union and the Greek authorities; THE STRUCTURE; THE ACTIVITIES OF THE SHIPOWNERS' UNION; 9 Greek shipping policy: a critique; FIRST ASSUMPTION: TAX REDUCTIONS INCREASED THE GREEK FLAG FLEET; SECOND ASSUMPTION: INCREASE OF THE GREEK FLAG FLEET INCREASED THE FLOW OF SHIPPING FOREIGN EXCHANGE; 10 Shipowners and Greece: an epilogue; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

"First published in 1993 by The Athlone Press."

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 2, 2015).

ISBN:

9781474241403

1474241409