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Mediterranean wooden shipbuilding : economy, technology and institutions in Syros in the nineteenth century /
In Mediterranean Wooden Shipbuilding: Economy, Technology and Institutions in Syros in the Nineteenth Century Apostolos Delis analyses the wooden shipbuilding industry of the port of Syros, an important maritime and commercial crossroad in the nineteenth century eastern Mediterranean. The main axes...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2015]
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| Colección: | Brill's studies in maritime history ;
volume 2 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgements
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The City and the Maritime Centre
- From a Refugee Settlement to a Port-City
- The Character of the New Port-City
- The Urban Area and Its Society
- The Maritime Centre
- Chapter 2 Syros Shipbuilding: An Industry before Industrialization
- The Shipbuilding Activity: Definition Issues
- The Syros Shipbuilding Industry at the Domestic and International Levels
- The Level of Shipbuilding Technology in the International Context
- Factors of Rise of Syros Wooden Shipbuilding in the Nineteenth Century
- The Search for the Competitive Advantage
- Factors of Decline in the Syros Shipbuilding during the Nineteenth Century
- The Role of Steam
- The Role of the Markets
- The Reallocation of Resources
- The Transition to Steam: Continuities and Discontinuities
- Chapter 3 Production, Productivity, and Performance of the Shipbuilding Industry
- Shipbuilding Cycles, Historical Conjuncture, and Productive Performance
- Shipbuilding Industry and the Markets
- Shipbuilding Industry of Syros and the Grain Trade: A Case of a Dependent Demand
- Long Shipbuilding Cycles
- Short Shipbuilding Cycles I (1838-61)
- Short Shipbuilding Cycles II (1862-80)
- International Comparison: Classification and Evaluation of Production Level
- Repairs
- The Economics of the Shipbuilding Industry
- Cost of Production: Total Cost and Average Price
- International Price Comparison
- Individual Cost and Cost Structure
- Revenue of the Shipbuilding Industry
- Productivity of the Shipbuilding Industry
- Average Tonnage
- Delivery Time of Vessels
- Capacity of Shipyards
- General Performance of the Shipbuilding Industry on Syros
- Chapter 4 The Production Process
- The Institutional Framework
- Ship Construction, Institutional Process and Transaction Cost.
- The Shipbuilding Agreement
- Variations in the Object of the Shipbuilding Agreement
- Timber Quality Control Issues
- Special Demands on Technical Issues
- The Shipbuilding Timber Agreement
- The Iron Components Agreement
- The Property Document
- The Four Types of Shipbuilding Product
- Agency and Ownership
- The Certificate of Construction
- The Technical Process
- Technology and Methods of Construction in Syros Shipyards
- The Phases of Construction
- The Skeleton
- Keel, Stempost, Sternpost and Stern
- The Frames
- Longitudinal Fastening Elements
- Vertical Fastening Elements
- Covering of the Hull
- The Ceiling
- Decking and Bulwark
- Planking
- Subdivision of the Ship's Hold
- Superstructures
- Ship's Equipment
- Caulking
- Launching
- Ship Types
- Brig: The Barometer of Syros Shipbuilding Industry
- Chapter 5 The Demand: Shipowners and Investors
- Geographic Origin and Ownership Distribution of Investors
- Distribution per Number of Investors
- Distribution of Investors per Tonnage Capacity
- Distribution per Values of Ships
- The Making of Shipping Knowhow of the Groups of Origin
- The Hermoupolis Groups of Origin-The Psariots
- The Chiots
- The Outside Hermoupolis Groups of Origin-Andros
- Hydra
- Santorini
- Mykonos
- Spetses
- The Ionians (Cephalonia and Ithaki)
- The Occupational Groups of Investors
- Most Important Individual Investors: A Socio-Economic Profile
- Towards a Concentrated Ownership: Specialization and Shipowning
- Chapter 6 Factors of Production
- Organization of Production
- The Shipbuilding Enterprise
- Structure and Characteristics of the Shipbuilding Enterprise in Syros in the Nineteenth Century
- Shipbuilding Enterprises and Shipbuilders in Syros: Origin and Know-how
- Productivity and Classification of Master Shipwrights and of Shipbuilding Enterprises.
- Shipbuilding Enterprises and Entrepreneurship-the Making of a Shipbuilding Elite
- Koufoudakis Family
- Pagidas Family
- Maskas Family
- Sehas Family
- Krystallis Family
- Potous Family
- Cooperative Forms of Production-Partnerships of Shipbuilding Craftsmen
- Labour
- Specialization, Division of Labour and Hierarchy
- Workforce Capacity and Wages
- Capital
- Land
- The Old Shipbuilding Area
- The New Shipbuilding Area
- The Ship Repairing Zone
- Auxiliary Trades-Raw Materials
- Organization of Timber Trade
- Charters Transportation
- Sales
- Metallurgy and Ironsmith Workshops
- Other Shipbuilding Material and Maritime Stores
- Conclusions
- Appendices
- Sources and Bibliography
- Index.