Atlantic Ports and the First Globalisation c. 1850-1930 [Hardcover]

Port cities were the means through which cultural and economic exchange took place between continental societies and the maritime world. In examining the ports of Brazil, the Caribbean and West Africa, this volume will provide fresh insight into the meaning of the 'First Globalisation'.1. Atlantic ports:?A Theoretical Model; Miguel Su?rez Bosa 2. The Ports of the Canary Islands: The Challenges of Modernity; Luis Gabriel Cabrera Armas 3. Porto Grande of S. Vicente: The Coal Business on an Atlantic Island; Ana Prata 4. The Port of Casablanca in the First Stage of the Protectorate; Miguel Su?rez Bosa?and Leila Maziane 5. The Port of Dakar: Technological Evolution, Management and Commercial Activity; Daniel Castillo Hidalgo 6. The Port of Lagos, 1850-1929: The Rise of West Africa's Leading Seaport; Ayodeji Olukoju 7. Port of Havana: The Gateway of Cuba (1850-1920); Francisco Su?rez Viera 8. Port of La Guaira: From Public to Private Management; Catalina Banko 9. The Emergence of Santos as a Port of Coffee (1869-1914); Cezar Teixeira Honorato?and Luiz Cl?udio M. RibeiroContributors to this volume offer interesting angles from which to understand the land-based effects of maritime history and economic globalisation. & highlights the centrality of transportation and technological advances in the harnessing of the natural world and the development of a system of global capital. The collection is also useful to identify avenues for further research into social and cultural studies of the Port Communities identified in many of the chapters and to highlight an overlooked area in Atlantic History. (Melanie Bassett, The Journal of Transport History, Vol. 37 (1), 2016)

Luis Gabriel Cabrera Armas, University of La Laguna, Spain Ana Filipa Prata, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Leila Maziane, Hassan II Mohammedia/Casablanca University Daniel Castillo Hidalgo, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain Ayodeji Olukoju, University of Lagos, Nigeri FralC6