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  • Merchant Colonies in the Early Modern Period

    Edited by Victor N Zakharov, Gelina Harlaftis, Olga Katsiardi-Hering ...
    Series series Perspectives in Economic and Social History
    Merchant colonies were a significant factor for economic growth in Europe during the early modern period. The essays in this collection look at merchant colonies across Europe, assessing their function, legal status, interaction with local traders and assimilation into their host countries. ... Read more

    $117.99 CAD

  • The World's Key Industry

    History and Economics of International Shipping

    Edited by G. Harlaftis, S. Tenold, J. Valdaliso ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Maritime transport has been the main driver of trade growth, and the emergence and development of a global economy. This collection of essays from distinguished economists and historians takes an international and comparative perspective, covering topics ranging from technological advance and the role of the state to maritime business development. ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Creating Global Shipping

    Aristotle Onassis, the Vagliano Brothers, and the Business of Shipping, c.1820–1970

    by Gelina Harlaftis ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in the Emergence of Global Enterprise
    Shipping has been the international business par excellence in many national economies, one that preceded trends in other, more highly visible sectors of international economic activity. Nevertheless, in both business or economic history, shipping has remained relatively overlooked. That gap is filled by this exploration of the evolution of European shipping through the study of two Greek shipping ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • A History of Greek-Owned Shipping

    The Making of an International Tramp Fleet, 1830 to the Present Day

    by Gelina Harlaftis ...
    Greek-owned shipping has been at the top of the world fleet for the last twenty years. Winner of the 1997 Runciman Award, this richly sourced study traces the development of the Greek tramp fleet from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Gelina Harlaftis argues that the success of Greek-owned shipping in recent years has been a result not of a number of entrepreneurs using flags of ... Read more

    $93.99 CAD

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  • Merchant Kings

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  • The Historical Atlas of the British Isles

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