This book updates African maritime economic history to analyse the influence of seaports and seaborne trade, processes of urbanization and development, and the

This book updates African maritime economic history to analyse the influence of seaports and seaborne trade, processes of urbanization and development, and the

In a world where most international trade is carried by sea, each port can be seen as a unique chokepoint competing to attract ever more traffic and economic ac

This book explores the functioning of coal markets and their influence on ports and maritime economics since the second half of the nineteenth century. Each cha

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