This volume undertakes the important task of envisioning a regional history of Asia based on its unique internal characteristics, going beyond the usual West/non-West dichotomy. The “regional trade zone of modern Asia” was debated in the 1980s. Since then, Japanese historians of the...

For some years now, short sea shipping (SSS) has benefited from a number of government initiatives aimed at promoting its development. The aim has been to promote a more balanced modal split in transport in Europe while also reducing the impact of transport on the environment, ensuring greater...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I: Changes in maritime labour: Institutional, technological and spatial contexts -- Chapter 2: The human element in power-driven merchant ship propulsion since 1850: The British case -- Chapter 3: Technological change, institutions, and maritime labour:...

Abstract: Lateinamerika hat sich in den vergangenen drei Jahrzehnten stark verändert. Auf die Demokratisierungsprozesse seit Ende der 1970er Jahre folgte in den 1980er Jahren die Hinwendung zu neoliberalen Entwicklungsstrategien. Die Reformen sorgten für wirtschaftliche Stabilität, ihre...