"Europe and the Maritime World: A Twentieth-Century History" offers a new framework for understanding globalisation over the past century. Through a detailed analysis of ports, shipping and trading companies whose networks spanned the world, Michael B. Miller shows how a European maritime...

This book belongs to the Port Economics and Global Supply Chain Management strand of the Palgrave Studies in Maritime Economics book series, commissioned by Hercules Haralambides. This book discusses the main drivers that affect the introduction and growth of short sea shipping services. It...

Cover -- Europe and the Maritime World -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART ONE NETWORKS -- 1 Ports -- NETWORKS -- MAIN PORTS -- Hamburg, Rotterdam, and Antwerp -- Hamburg -- Rotterdam -- Antwerp --...