History of Greek-Owned Shipping

Almas Heshmati is Professor of Economics at Sogang University, South Korea and at Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University.

• Part I The nineteenth century 1 TRADE AND SHIPPING OF THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN AND THE BLACK SEA IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 2 GREEK COMMERCIAL AND MARITIME NETWORKS: THE ‘CHIOT’ PHASE, 1830s–1860s, 3 GREEK MARITIME AND COMMERCIAL NETWORKS: THE ‘IONIAN’ PHASE, 1870s–1900s, 4 SHIPPING AND GREECE, 1830–1914, 5 VOYAGES, MASTERS AND SEAMEN Part II The twentieth century 6 GREEK MARITIME ‘EXPANSION’, 1914–39, 7 LABOUR RELATIONS IN THE GREEK-OWNED FLEET IN THE INTERWAR PERIOD 8 THE TROUBLED 1940s: SETTING THE BASIS FOR THE ‘LEAP FORWARD’, 9 INTERNATIONAL SEA-TRADE AND GREEK-OWNED SHIPPING IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 10 THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME NETWORK OF THE GREEKS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

'We are all wiser due to Dr. Harlaftis' excellent analysis ... very important book.' - International Journal of Maritime History