Kalliopi Vasilaki is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre of Maritime History, Institute for Mediterranean Studies (IMS/FORTH). She received her Ph.D. from the University of Crete in 2022 and holds a Master's degree from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris, 2012). Her research focuses on maritime societies in the Mediterranean during the nineteenth century. She has published several articles in English and French in international journals and edited volumes.

• List of Tables and IllustrationsAbbreviationsAcknowledgementsIntroductionPart 1 Economy1 The Pre-industrial French Mediterranean: the Case of La Ciotat and Its Maritime Transport System1 The Port of Marseille: a Dominant Port in the French Mediterranean 2 The Secondary Ports and Smaller Ports of Provence: Essential Components of the Transport System of the Region3 The Maritime Culture of La Ciotat during the Sailing Era: an Overview4 The Decline of Provence’s Pre-industrial Economy: the Case of La Ciotat2 The Advent of Steam in La Ciotat: the First Phase (1836–1851)1 Louis Benet and the Introduction of Industrial Shipbuilding Activity in the Port2 Factors for the Establishment of the Shipbuilding Industry in La Ciotat3 The Process of Adaptation: the Externalities of Industrial Growth4 The Maritime Economy of the Port in Transition: Shipbuilding Production5 The Novelty of the Business Venture of Louis Benet in the Mediterranean Basin6 The Decline of the Activities of Louis Benet3 La Ciotat’s Transformation into a Maritime Industrial Centre1 The Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes in the Port of La Ciotat2 The Metamorphosis of the Port: the Formation of an Industrial Shipbuilding Complex in La Ciotat3 The Evolution of Shipbuilding Production in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century: Vertical Integration and State Subsidies4 The Decline of Production in the Shipyard and Workshops at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century: the Final Period of Messageries Maritimes in La Ciotat5 Factors of Productivity in the Shipbuilding Centre of La Ciotat6 The Port of La Ciotat during the Industrial Era and Its Integration into a New Industrial Maritime District in ProvencePart 2 Labour4 The Shipyard and Workshops of the Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes and Its Workforce1 The Company in Search of Labour: the Implementation of Industrial Paternalism2 Employment Strategies to Increase and Retain the Labour Force in La Ciotat: Working Housing and Social Policies3 Employment Patterns in the Shipyard5 From Deck to Engine: Local Seafarers in Transition1 The Administrative Division of the Coastline of France: the Inscription Maritime2 Studying the Seafarers of La Ciotat: the matricules de gens de mer in the Inscription Maritime3 The Inscrits Maritimes in La Ciotat in Transition: the Sailors4 The Inscrits Maritimes of La Ciotat: the Captains5 The Professional Transformation of La Ciotat’s SeafarersPart 3 The Society6 The Town in Transition: the Demographic Restructuring of La Ciotat (1831–1911)1 Population Growth and Urban Expansion in La Ciotat2 Immigration as a Primary Factor of Demographic Change3 The Population Composition: Demographic Dynamics into Transition4 The Control of the Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes into the Demographic Behaviours in La Ciotat7 Towards a New Maritime Society: the Main Traits of Occupational Structure in La Ciotat1 The Town’s Male Occupational Structure towards Industrialisation: a General Overview2 A Society Connected to the Sea: the Evolution of Seafaring Labour and Fishing3 Towards a New Working-Class Society4 The Changing Characteristics of Female Labour in the Town5 The Impact of Changing Occupational Structure on the Society of the Town8 A New Opening to the World: Facets of a New Everyday Life in La Ciotat1 Italian Immigration and Social Integration2 The Multifaceted Sociocultural Impact of Seafarers3 The Phenomenon of Prostitution in La Ciotat4 The Transformative Power of Industrial Growth: La Ciotat’s Rise to Global Prominence9 The Labour Protests of Twentieth-Century La Ciotat: a Closing Chapter of Transition1 The Slow Rise of Syndicalism in the Town2 Social Unrest and Strikes at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century: the End of a Long CycleConclusionAppendicesAppendix 1: Ships Constructed in La Ciotat in the Period 1832 to 1850Appendix 2: Studying the Occupational Structure of La Ciotat: a Methodological NoteArchival SourcesBibliographyIndex

Kalliopi Vasilaki is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre of Maritime History, Institute for Mediterranean Studies (IMS/FORTH). She received her Ph.D. from the University of Crete in 2022 and holds a Master's degree from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris, 2012). Her research focuses on maritime societies in the Mediterranean during the nineteenth century. She has published several articles in English and French in international journals and edited volumes.

• List of Tables and IllustrationsAbbreviationsAcknowledgementsIntroductionPart 1 Economy1 The Pre-industrial French Mediterranean: the Case of La Ciotat and Its Maritime Transport System1 The Port of Marseille: a Dominant Port in the French Mediterranean 2 The Secondary Ports and Smaller Ports of Provence: Essential Components of the Transport System of the Region3 The Maritime Culture of La Ciotat during the Sailing Era: an Overview4 The Decline of Provence’s Pre-industrial Economy: the Case of La Ciotat2 The Advent of Steam in La Ciotat: the First Phase (1836–1851)1 Louis Benet and the Introduction of Industrial Shipbuilding Activity in the Port2 Factors for the Establishment of the Shipbuilding Industry in La Ciotat3 The Process of Adaptation: the Externalities of Industrial Growth4 The Maritime Economy of the Port in Transition: Shipbuilding Production5 The Novelty of the Business Venture of Louis Benet in the Mediterranean Basin6 The Decline of the Activities of Louis Benet3 La Ciotat’s Transformation into a Maritime Industrial Centre1 The Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes in the Port of La Ciotat2 The Metamorphosis of the Port: the Formation of an Industrial Shipbuilding Complex in La Ciotat3 The Evolution of Shipbuilding Production in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century: Vertical Integration and State Subsidies4 The Decline of Production in the Shipyard and Workshops at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century: the Final Period of Messageries Maritimes in La Ciotat5 Factors of Productivity in the Shipbuilding Centre of La Ciotat6 The Port of La Ciotat during the Industrial Era and Its Integration into a New Industrial Maritime District in ProvencePart 2 Labour4 The Shipyard and Workshops of the Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes and Its Workforce1 The Company in Search of Labour: the Implementation of Industrial Paternalism2 Employment Strategies to Increase and Retain the Labour Force in La Ciotat: Working Housing and Social Policies3 Employment Patterns in the Shipyard5 From Deck to Engine: Local Seafarers in Transition1 The Administrative Division of the Coastline of France: the Inscription Maritime2 Studying the Seafarers of La Ciotat: the matricules de gens de mer in the Inscription Maritime3 The Inscrits Maritimes in La Ciotat in Transition: the Sailors4 The Inscrits Maritimes of La Ciotat: the Captains5 The Professional Transformation of La Ciotat’s SeafarersPart 3 The Society6 The Town in Transition: the Demographic Restructuring of La Ciotat (1831–1911)1 Population Growth and Urban Expansion in La Ciotat2 Immigration as a Primary Factor of Demographic Change3 The Population Composition: Demographic Dynamics into Transition4 The Control of the Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes into the Demographic Behaviours in La Ciotat7 Towards a New Maritime Society: the Main Traits of Occupational Structure in La Ciotat1 The Town’s Male Occupational Structure towards Industrialisation: a General Overview2 A Society Connected to the Sea: the Evolution of Seafaring Labour and Fishing3 Towards a New Working-Class Society4 The Changing Characteristics of Female Labour in the Town5 The Impact of Changing Occupational Structure on the Society of the Town8 A New Opening to the World: Facets of a New Everyday Life in La Ciotat1 Italian Immigration and Social Integration2 The Multifaceted Sociocultural Impact of Seafarers3 The Phenomenon of Prostitution in La Ciotat4 The Transformative Power of Industrial Growth: La Ciotat’s Rise to Global Prominence9 The Labour Protests of Twentieth-Century La Ciotat: a Closing Chapter of Transition1 The Slow Rise of Syndicalism in the Town2 Social Unrest and Strikes at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century: the End of a Long CycleConclusionAppendicesAppendix 1: Ships Constructed in La Ciotat in the Period 1832 to 1850Appendix 2: Studying the Occupational Structure of La Ciotat: a Methodological NoteArchival SourcesBibliographyIndex

Kalliopi Vasilaki is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre of Maritime History, Institute for Mediterranean Studies (IMS/FORTH). She received her Ph.D. from the University of Crete in 2022 and holds a Master's degree from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris, 2012). Her research focuses on maritime societies in the Mediterranean during the nineteenth century. She has published several articles in English and French in international journals and edited volumes.

• List of Tables and IllustrationsAbbreviationsAcknowledgementsIntroductionPart 1 Economy1 The Pre-industrial French Mediterranean: the Case of La Ciotat and Its Maritime Transport System1 The Port of Marseille: a Dominant Port in the French Mediterranean 2 The Secondary Ports and Smaller Ports of Provence: Essential Components of the Transport System of the Region3 The Maritime Culture of La Ciotat during the Sailing Era: an Overview4 The Decline of Provence’s Pre-industrial Economy: the Case of La Ciotat2 The Advent of Steam in La Ciotat: the First Phase (1836–1851)1 Louis Benet and the Introduction of Industrial Shipbuilding Activity in the Port2 Factors for the Establishment of the Shipbuilding Industry in La Ciotat3 The Process of Adaptation: the Externalities of Industrial Growth4 The Maritime Economy of the Port in Transition: Shipbuilding Production5 The Novelty of the Business Venture of Louis Benet in the Mediterranean Basin6 The Decline of the Activities of Louis Benet3 La Ciotat’s Transformation into a Maritime Industrial Centre1 The Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes in the Port of La Ciotat2 The Metamorphosis of the Port: the Formation of an Industrial Shipbuilding Complex in La Ciotat3 The Evolution of Shipbuilding Production in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century: Vertical Integration and State Subsidies4 The Decline of Production in the Shipyard and Workshops at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century: the Final Period of Messageries Maritimes in La Ciotat5 Factors of Productivity in the Shipbuilding Centre of La Ciotat6 The Port of La Ciotat during the Industrial Era and Its Integration into a New Industrial Maritime District in ProvencePart 2 Labour4 The Shipyard and Workshops of the Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes and Its Workforce1 The Company in Search of Labour: the Implementation of Industrial Paternalism2 Employment Strategies to Increase and Retain the Labour Force in La Ciotat: Working Housing and Social Policies3 Employment Patterns in the Shipyard5 From Deck to Engine: Local Seafarers in Transition1 The Administrative Division of the Coastline of France: the Inscription Maritime2 Studying the Seafarers of La Ciotat: the matricules de gens de mer in the Inscription Maritime3 The Inscrits Maritimes in La Ciotat in Transition: the Sailors4 The Inscrits Maritimes of La Ciotat: the Captains5 The Professional Transformation of La Ciotat’s SeafarersPart 3 The Society6 The Town in Transition: the Demographic Restructuring of La Ciotat (1831–1911)1 Population Growth and Urban Expansion in La Ciotat2 Immigration as a Primary Factor of Demographic Change3 The Population Composition: Demographic Dynamics into Transition4 The Control of the Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes into the Demographic Behaviours in La Ciotat7 Towards a New Maritime Society: the Main Traits of Occupational Structure in La Ciotat1 The Town’s Male Occupational Structure towards Industrialisation: a General Overview2 A Society Connected to the Sea: the Evolution of Seafaring Labour and Fishing3 Towards a New Working-Class Society4 The Changing Characteristics of Female Labour in the Town5 The Impact of Changing Occupational Structure on the Society of the Town8 A New Opening to the World: Facets of a New Everyday Life in La Ciotat1 Italian Immigration and Social Integration2 The Multifaceted Sociocultural Impact of Seafarers3 The Phenomenon of Prostitution in La Ciotat4 The Transformative Power of Industrial Growth: La Ciotat’s Rise to Global Prominence9 The Labour Protests of Twentieth-Century La Ciotat: a Closing Chapter of Transition1 The Slow Rise of Syndicalism in the Town2 Social Unrest and Strikes at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century: the End of a Long CycleConclusionAppendicesAppendix 1: Ships Constructed in La Ciotat in the Period 1832 to 1850Appendix 2: Studying the Occupational Structure of La Ciotat: a Methodological NoteArchival SourcesBibliographyIndex