British Shipping in the Mediterranean during the Napoleonic Wars. The untold story of a successful adaptation
Details:
- Author(s) Galani, Katerina
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2017
- Pages 278pp
- Publisher Brill
- Place Published Leiden
Topics:
- Name Geopolitical event, natural disaster, etc, impact on business inc end of empire, war, disease, catastrophe, etc, exc industrial conflict
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Scholarly account dealing with impact of war / economic warfare on British shipping and trading in the Mediterranean and the business strategies adopted for its mitigation. In this context considers the position of merchants and the Levant Co.'The book offers a comprehensive approach by combining the study of international relations, ports, ships, business organisation, deep-sea voyages and intra-Mediterranean navigation'. Chapters include: 'The end of the long 18th century in the Mediterranean - an overview'; 'Charting British sea routes in the Mediterranean'; 'British shipping on the micro scale - from long distance to short distance hauls'; 'The age of transition for British shipping - institutional and organisational shifts'; 'How profitable a business was it after all?'; 'Levant Co - the institutional branch of British shipping in the Mediterranean'