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 --...

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on contributors -- Gerald D. Feldman : an appreciation / Jeffrey Fear, Glasgow University -- Starting from scratch? : the beginnings of Banca Commerciale Italiana 1893-1894 / Peter Hertner, Marthin Luther University Halle Wittenberg -- Jewish financiers in...