Following the Nereids :
Chatzeioannou, Maria Christina
Following the Nereids : sea routes and maritime business, 16th-20th centuries / Maria Christina Chatziioannou, Gelina Harlaftis. - Athens : Kerkyra Publications, 2006. - 275 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Includes errata.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pt. 1. Maritime enterprises, 16th-18ch centuries -- pt. 2. International business, 19th-20th centuries --pt. 3. Ports and shipping, 19th-20th centuries -- pt. 4. Fisheries -- pt. 5. The navy -- pt. 6. The sea as an inspiration in culture and ideology -- pt. 7. Leisure and research in maritime history.
This book presents a rounded approach to Greek maritime history, covering a wide range of themes from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. It discusses Greek shipping enterprises in Greece and abroad, focusing on seamen, merchants and shipowners. It looks at nineteenth-century port cities and today's European port policy. It presents various facets of Greek fishing, from traditional sponge diving to modern fishing business. It examines aspects of the Greek Navy and the museological utilization of an episode in its history. It enhances the significance of the sea as a source of inspiration in literature and as a natural resource for the development of Greek tourism.
It discusses the success of Greek shipowners in the second half of the 20th century to the present day, which has stimulated interest in their business culture and entrepreneurship.
The book comprises 21 texts by academics and researchers from universities and research foundation in Greece and abroad.
9608386403 9789608386402
Navigation--History--Greece
Merchant marine--History--Greece
Fisheries--Greece
Greece--History, Naval
387.5
Following the Nereids : sea routes and maritime business, 16th-20th centuries / Maria Christina Chatziioannou, Gelina Harlaftis. - Athens : Kerkyra Publications, 2006. - 275 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Includes errata.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pt. 1. Maritime enterprises, 16th-18ch centuries -- pt. 2. International business, 19th-20th centuries --pt. 3. Ports and shipping, 19th-20th centuries -- pt. 4. Fisheries -- pt. 5. The navy -- pt. 6. The sea as an inspiration in culture and ideology -- pt. 7. Leisure and research in maritime history.
This book presents a rounded approach to Greek maritime history, covering a wide range of themes from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. It discusses Greek shipping enterprises in Greece and abroad, focusing on seamen, merchants and shipowners. It looks at nineteenth-century port cities and today's European port policy. It presents various facets of Greek fishing, from traditional sponge diving to modern fishing business. It examines aspects of the Greek Navy and the museological utilization of an episode in its history. It enhances the significance of the sea as a source of inspiration in literature and as a natural resource for the development of Greek tourism.
It discusses the success of Greek shipowners in the second half of the 20th century to the present day, which has stimulated interest in their business culture and entrepreneurship.
The book comprises 21 texts by academics and researchers from universities and research foundation in Greece and abroad.
9608386403 9789608386402
Navigation--History--Greece
Merchant marine--History--Greece
Fisheries--Greece
Greece--History, Naval
387.5