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020 _a9781108573009 (ebook)
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040 _aUkCbUP
_beng
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082 0 0 _a387.5/4409409034
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100 1 _aHarlaftis, Gelina,
_d1958-
245 1 0 _aCreating global shipping :
_bAristotle Onassis, the Vagliano Brothers, and the business of shipping, c.1820-1970 /
_cGelina Harlaftis.
260 _aLondon
_bCambridge University Press
_c2019
300 _a1 online resource (xxiv, 375 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
490 1 _aCambridge studies in the emergence of global enterprise
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 23 Aug 2019).
505 0 _aIntroduction -- The European and Greek shipping firm -- The Vagliano ship masters: creating a business empire 1820s-1850s -- An international trading house from Russia to the U.K., 1850s-1880s -- The Russian government v. Mari Vagliano, 1881-1887 -- The Vagliano fleet and innovation in ship management -- Merchant to shipowner: Onassis from Buenos Aires to London and New york, 1923-1946 -- The Onassis fleet, 1946-1975 -- The United States government v. Aristotle Onassis, 1951-1958 -- Innovation in global shipping: the Onassis business -- Diachronic presence: an epilogue.
520 _aShipping has been the international business par excellence in many national economies, one that preceded trends in other, more highly visible sectors of international economic activity. Nevertheless, in both business or economic history, shipping has remained relatively overlooked. That gap is filled by this exploration of the evolution of European shipping through the study of two Greek shipping firms. They provide a prime example of the regional European maritime businesses that evolved to serve Europe's international trade and, eventually, the global economy. By the end of the twentieth century, Greeks owned more ships than any other nationality. The story of the Vagliano brothers traces the transformation of Greek shipping from local shipping and trading to international shipping and ship management, while the case of Aristotle Onassis reveals how international shipping was transformed into a global business.
600 1 0 _aOnassis, Aristotle Socrates,
_d1906-1975.
600 1 0 _aVagliano, Marinos,
_d1804-
650 0 _aShipping
_zEurope
_xHistory.
650 0 _aShipping
_zGreece
_xHistory.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781108475396
830 0 _aCambridge studies in the emergence of global enterprise.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781108573009
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