Mediterranean wooden shipbuilding : : economy, technology and institutions in Syros in the nineteenth century / / Apostolos Delis.

• Superior document: Brill's Studies in Maritime History, Volume 2
• VerfasserIn: Delis, Apostolos,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's studies in maritime history ; 2.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (345 pages)

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...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Material
• Introduction
• 1 The City and the Maritime Centre
• 2 Syros Shipbuilding: An Industry before Industrialization
• 3 Production, Productivity, and Performance of the Shipbuilding Industry
• 4 The Production Process
• 5 The Demand: Shipowners and Investors
• 6 Factors of Production
• Conclusions
• Appendices
• Sources and Bibliography
• Index.