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Struggling for Leadership: Antwerp-Rotterdam Port Competition between 1870 –2000

Part of the book series: Contributions to Economics (CE)

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Table of contents (23 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Reginald Loyen, Erik Buyst, Greta Devos, Jan Blomme
      Pages 1-9
  3. Recent trends in maritime and port history

    1. Recent trends in maritime and port history

      • David M. Williams
      Pages 11-26
  4. Port authority cluster

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-169
    2. Port and politics in Antwerp: a prudent approach

      • Frank Seberechts
      Pages 171-178
    3. The end of the sea

      • Henk Molenaar
      Pages 179-193

About this book

The present volume contains the proceedings of an international conference on the economic history of the seaports of Antwerp and Rotterdam (1870-2000). This venue was held at Antwerp on 10-11 May 2001 and was hosted by the Antwerp Port Authority. This international conference aimed at confronting the development of both ports. In the course of the last century and a half, economic growth in the ports of Antwerp and Rotterdam has been staggering. Maritime economic historians, economists and geographers alike have investigated the development of both ports extensively, but separately. So far, only a limited number of attempts have been made to analyse Rotterdam-Antwerp port history from a comparative perspective. The papers presented at the conference provide a challenging starting point to - certain how and why both ports reacted differently to virtually the same economic and political stimuli. By bringing together both historians, economists and lawyers with different fields of interest, we have attempted to put the history of the ports of Antwerp and Rotterdam in a broader international and comparative perspective.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Center for Economic Studies, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    Reginald Loyen, Erik Buyst

  • Center for Business History, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

    Greta Devos

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Struggling for Leadership: Antwerp-Rotterdam Port Competition between 1870 –2000

  • Editors: Reginald Loyen, Erik Buyst, Greta Devos

  • Series Title: Contributions to Economics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57485-6

  • Publisher: Physica Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7908-1524-5Published: 07 October 2002

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-57485-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1431-1933

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-7178

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 338

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Regional/Spatial Science, Social Sciences, general, Commercial Law

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eBook USD 39.99
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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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