Onassis business history, 1924--1975 / / Gelina Harlaftis.

• Superior document: Brill's Studies in Maritime History Series ; Volume 16
• VerfasserIn: Harlaftis, Gelina, 1958-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill NV,, [2024]; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's studies in maritime history ; Volume 16.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

"Aristotle Onassis was the most famous shipowner of the twentieth century. He became the archetype and image of the ship-owning magnate, the symbol of Greek enterprise on a global scale. What distinguished him from the rest was that he created the shipping business of the new global era, combining the European maritime tradition and the American institutions and resources. Almost all books written on Onassis focus on his lifestyle and personal life. This is the first book examining all aspects of his multi-faceted global business activities in the shipping, airline and oil industries. It is based on the newly-formed Onassis Archive comprising thousands of new and unpublished files of his core business. Contributors are: Alexandra Papadopoulou, Amalia Pappa, Maria Damilakou, Lars Scholl, and Christos Tsakas"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Prologue and Acknowledgements -- Tables -- Figures, Maps and Images -- Abbreviations -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Onassis Family: Family and Business Network -- Chapter 2 The Business Career of Aristotle Onassis, 1924-1975 -- Chapter 3 Onassis in Argentina, 1923-1940: The Shaping of an Entrepreneur -- Chapter 4 The 'Onassiada': The Conflict with the Greek Shipowning Establishment -- Chapter 5 The Great Innovation: The Offshore Empire -- Chapter 6 Onassis's People: 'Business Family', Administration and Management -- Chapter 7 Tankers, Oil, and Money: Innovation in Shipbuilding and Finance -- Chapter 8 Whaling in the Southern Seas and Antarctica -- Chapter 9 'Game History': The Conflict with the United States -- Chapter 10 Olympic Airways, 1956-1974 -- Chapter 11 OMEGA Industrial Investments SA -- Chapter 12 Worldwide Mobility, Political Networking and Sociability -- Chapter 13 After Onassis. The Onassis Shipping Group from 1975 to the Present -- Chapter 14 The Archive of the Aristotle Onassis Enterprises: 'Underway' -- Appendix 1: Family Tree of the Onassis Family -- Appendix 2: The Companies of Aristotle Onassis, 1924-1975 -- Appendix 3: The Fleet of Aristotle Onassis -- Appendix 4.1: Classification Scheme of the Onassis Archive, 1898-2019 -- Appendix 4.2: Fields of Description of the Archive -- Bibliography -- Index -- Contents -- Foreword -- Prologue and Acknowledgements -- Tables -- Figures, Maps and Images -- Abbreviations -- Notes on Contributors -- Contents -- Foreword -- Prologue and Acknowledgements -- Tables -- Figures, Maps and Images -- Abbreviations -- Notes on Contributors.