Greek Maritime History

Katerina Galani, Ph.D. (2011), Oxford University, is Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Institute for Mediterranean Studies and teaches Economic and Social History at the Hellenic Open University. Her publications include British Shipping in the Mediterranean During the Napoleonic Wars (Brill, 2017). Her recent work involves the formation of the port-city of Piraeus during the industrialization and the naval and merchant fleet during the Greek War of Independence (1821-1831). Alexandra Papadopoulou, Ph.D. (2011), Ionian University, is currently a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Institute for Mediterranean Studies. She published “Foreign merchant business and the integration of the Black and Azov Seas of the Russian Empire into the First Global Economy” (Business History, 2012). Her research interests are related to the evolution of Greek maritime communities during the 18th and 19th centuries and the role of maritime business in globalization in the Black Sea economy of the 19th century.

• List of IllustrationsList of TablesMeasures and UnitsNotes on Contributors1 Introduction: Re-Conceptualising Greek Maritime HistoryKaterina Galani and Alexandra Papadopoulou2 Greek Maritime History: Navigating Greek Historiography in Domestic and International WatersGelina Harlaftis3 From Venetian to Ionian Protectionism: Research in the Early Modern Maritime History of the Greeks Subjects of VeniceGerassimos D. Pagratis4 Caught Between Empires: Agency, Neutrality and a Middleman MinorityKaterina Galani5 Piracy in the Aegean: Aspects and Contradictions of StereotypesDimitris Dimitropoulos6 The Black Sea in the Global Economy of the Nineteenth Century: Introducing the Black Sea Historical Statistics, 1812–1914Alexandra Papadopoulou and Socrates Petmezas7 The Creation of the Main Export Port of Crimea: Port Policy, Traffic, Infrastructure in the Port of Theodosia, 1895–1913Anna Sydorenko8 Beyond the Mediterranean: Greek Family Business and the Familiarity of the Black and Azov Seas Maritime SpaceEvrydiki Sifneos9 The Advent of Steam Navigation in Greece in the Nineteenth CenturyApostolos Delis10 The Introduction of Maritime Technology in Greek Fisheries: Diving Suites in Sponge Fishing in the AegeanEvdokia Olympitou11 Business Groups’ Diversification Strategy: The Case of Ralli Bros Diversifying in ShippingKaterina Vourkatioti12 Greek Shipping in the Twentieth Century: The Human ResourcesIoannis Theotokas13 The Development of Naval History in Greece, 1989–2020Zisis FotakisEpilogue: Greek Maritime History or Maritime History of the Greeks?Katerina Galani and Alexandra PapadopoulouIndex