Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 The City and the Maritime Centre -- 2 Syros Shipbuilding: An Industry before Industrialization -- 3 Production, Productivity, and Performance of the Shipbuilding Industry -- 4 The Production Process -- 5 The Demand: Shipowners and Investors -- 6 Factors of Production -- Conclusions -- Appendices -- Sources and Bibliography -- Index.

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In Mediterranean Wooden Shipbuilding: Economy, Technology and Institutions in Syros in the Nineteenth Century Apostolos Delis analyses the wooden shipbuilding industry of the port of Syros, an important maritime and commercial crossroad in the nineteenth century eastern Mediterranean. The main axes of analysis are the economic, technical and institutional aspects of the industry in relation to the wider international context of shipping and trade. Based on unpublished archival sources, multi-language secondary literature and the employment of interdisciplinary theoretical tools Apostolos Delis not only highlights the national and international significance of Syros’ shipbuilding industry, but also contributes novel material to our knowledge of wooden shipbuilding in the Mediterranean.