Atlantic Ports and the First Globalisation C. 1850-1930

by Luis Gabriel Cabrera Armas, Luiz Cláudio M. Ribeiro, Catalina Banko, et al.

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'. Many of these ports were part of territories either governed or dominated by France, Britain, Spain or Portugal, that participated in global economy and
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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137327979
• ISBN13: 9781137327970
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 203 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.5"