Fuelling the World Economy

This book explores the functioning of coal markets and their influence on ports and maritime economics since the second half of the nineteenth century. Each chapter includes case studies from different parts of the world, explaining the role played by coal in the expansion of the shipping industry. This book also explores regions usually neglected by the mainstream scholarly literature in this field. The relationship between steam engine technology and imperial expansion, how the emergence of global security was driven by maritime technological revolutions, and the connection between global seaports and the spread of global economic and political systems are also discussed.

This book aims to highlight the important role seaports and fuel markets played in the evolution of international commercial flows and activities. Fuelling the World Economy will be useful for historians, economists, and geographers interested in maritime and energyissues, as well as researchers interested in transport and technology.

Examines how coal and oil markets influenced the long-term development of seaports Utilises diverse case studies to highlight how technology aided the growth of the shipping industry Highlights the importance of seaports in the evolution of international commercial flows and activities

Auteur

Daniel Castillo Hidalgo is Associate Professor of Economic History at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, and is widely published on economic and maritime history. He is editor of African Seaports and Maritime Economics in Historical Perspective.
Cezar Honorato is Full Professor of Social and Economic History at the University Federal Fluminense, Brazil. He is author of books, chapter in books, and articles in journals of maritime, economic, social, transport and Latin America history.

Contenu

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The Use of Coal in Maritime Transport and Maritime Station Networks: Routes, Stores and Companies, circa 1850-1930.- Chapter 3. Bunkering in West Africa: The Case of Dakar.- Chapter 4. The Rhenish-Westphalian Coal Syndicate and the German Bunker Coal Business, 1905 to 1947.- Chapter 5. Common Destines: French Trading Ports and Oil in the Twentieth Century, 1914-1965.- Chapter 6. French Capital, Gdynia, and the Position of Polish Coal on International Markets in the Interwar Period.- Chapter 7. Ports, Coal, and Exports from the Argentine Pampas Region. An Evaluation of the Institutional Actors Related to Coal Circulation in the Agro-Export Period, 1860-1930.- Chapter 8. The Economics of Mineral Coal in Brazil, 1850-1889.