Atlantic Ports and the First Globalisation c. 1850-1930 (eBook)

Luis Gabriel Cabrera Armas, University of La Laguna, Spain Ana Filipa Prata, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Leila Maziane, Hassan II Mohammedia/Casablanca University Daniel Castillo Hidalgo, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain Ayodeji Olukoju, University of Lagos, Nigeri Francisco Suárez Viera, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain Catalina Banko, Lecturer, Venezuela César Teixeira Honorato, University Federal Fluminense, Brazil Luiz Cláudio M.Ribeiro, University Federal do Espirito Santo, Brazil.

Cover 1
Series 2
Title 4
Copyright 5
Contents 6
List of Tables, Figures and Maps 7
Preface and Acknowledgements 7
Notes on Contributors 11
1 Atlantic Ports: An Interpretative Model 13
2 The Ports of the Canary Islands: The Challenges of Modernity 31
3 Porto Grande of S. Vicente: The Coal Business on an Atlantic Island 61
4 The Port of Casablanca in the First Stage of the Protectorate 82
5 The Port of Dakar: Technological Evolution, Management and Commercial Activity 102
6 The Port of Lagos, 1850–1929: The Rise of West Africa's Leading Seaport 124
7 Port of Havana: The Gateway of Cuba, 1850–1920 142
8 Port of La Guaira: From Public to Private Management 166
9 The Emergence of Santos as a Coffee Port, 1869–1914 182
Index 208