The World’s Key Industry: History and Economics of International Shipping

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction....Pages 1-10
Lewis R. Fischer and the Progress of Maritime Economic History....Pages 11-28
Shipping and Staple Economies in the Periphery....Pages 29-42
An Appraisal of the Progress of the Steamship in the Nineteenth Century....Pages 43-63
The Advantages of Water Carriage: Scale Economies and Shipping Technology, c. 1870–2000....Pages 64-87
Building the Networks of Trade: Perspectives on Twentieth-Century Maritime History....Pages 88-105
The Development of Commercial Infrastructure for World Shipping....Pages 106-123
Government and the British Shipping Industry in the Later Twentieth Century....Pages 124-141
Why They are Tall and We are Small! Competition between Antwerp and Rotterdam in the Twentieth Century....Pages 142-157
Institutional Path Dependence in Port Regulation: A Comparison of New Zealand and Australia....Pages 158-179
China’s Seaport Development during the Early Open Door Policy Period, 1978–2002....Pages 180-199
Private Companies, Culture and Place in the Development of Hull’s Maritime Business Sector, c.1860–1914....Pages 200-219
Risks and Rewards: The Business of Norwegian Shipping....Pages 220-234
Business Groups and Entrepreneurial Families in Southern Europe: Comparing Greek and Spanish Shipowners in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries....Pages 235-262
Epilogue: A Key Industry or an Invisible Industry?....Pages 263-272
Back Matter....Pages 273-305