{"product_id":"mediterranean-wooden-shipbuilding-economy-technology-and-institutions-in-syros-in-the-nineteenth-century-9789004306141","title":"Mediterranean Wooden Shipbuilding: Economy, Technology and Institutions in Syros in the Nineteenth Century","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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 Based on unpublished archival sources, multi-language secondary literature and the employment of interdisciplinary theoretical tools Apostolos Delis not only highlights the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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements ... xi List of Illustrations ... xii Maps ... xvii  Introduction ... 1  1 The City and the Maritime Centre ... 6       From a Refugee Settlement to a Port-City ... 6       The Character of the New Port-City ... 10       The Urban Area and Its Society ... 16       The Maritime Centre ... 25  2 Syros Shipbuilding: An Industry before Industrialization ... 36       The Shipbuilding Activity: Definition Issues ... 36       The Syros Shipbuilding Industry at the Domestic and International Levels ... 40          The Level of Shipbuilding Technology in the International Context ... 42       Factors of Rise of Syros Wooden Shipbuilding in the Nineteenth Century ... 44          The Search for the Competitive Advantage ... 46       Factors of Decline in the Syros Shipbuilding during the Nineteenth Century ... 50          The Role of Steam ... 50          The Role of the Markets ... 52          The Reallocation of Resources ... 53       The Transition to Steam: Continuities and Discontinuities ... 55  3 Production, Productivity, and Performance of the Shipbuilding Industry ... 57       Shipbuilding Cycles, Historical Conjuncture, and Productive Performance ... 57          Shipbuilding Industry and the Markets ... 57          Shipbuilding Industry of Syros and the Grain Trade: A Case of a Dependent Demand ... 60          Long Shipbuilding Cycles ... 63          Short Shipbuilding Cycles I (1838–61) ... 65          Short Shipbuilding Cycles II (1862–80) ... 68          International Comparison: Classification and Evaluation of Production Level ... 70       Repairs ... 74       The Economics of the Shipbuilding Industry ... 76          Cost of Production: Total Cost and Average Price ... 76          International Price Comparison ... 79          Individual Cost and Cost Structure ... 81          Revenue of the Shipbuilding Industry ... 85       Productivity of the Shipbuilding Industry ... 87          Average Tonnage ... 87          Delivery Time of Vessels ... 90          Capacity of Shipyards ... 91       General Performance of the Shipbuilding Industry on Syros ... 93  4 The Production Process ... 94       The Institutional Framework ... 94          Ship Construction, Institutional Process and Transaction Cost ... 94          The Shipbuilding Agreement ... 96          Variations in the Object of the Shipbuilding Agreement ... 100          Timber Quality Control Issues ... 103          Special Demands on Technical Issues ... 105          The Shipbuilding Timber Agreement ... 108          The Iron Components Agreement ... 110          The Property Document ... 111          The Four Types of Shipbuilding Product ... 112          Agency and Ownership ... 113          The Certificate of Construction ... 114       The Technical Process ... 114          Technology and Methods of Construction in Syros Shipyards ... 114          The Phases of Construction ... 117          The Skeleton ... 117          Keel, Stempost, Sternpost and Stern ... 118          The Frames ... 120          Longitudinal Fastening Elements ... 122          Vertical Fastening Elements ... 125          Covering of the Hull ... 127          The Ceiling ... 128          Decking and Bulwark ... 128          Planking ... 129          Subdivision of the Ship’s Hold ... 130          Superstructures ... 130          Ship’s Equipment ... 131          Caulking ... 133          Launching ... 133       Ship Types ... 134          Brig: The Barometer of Syros Shipbuilding Industry ... 142  5 The Demand: Shipowners and Investors ... 146       Geographic Origin and Ownership Distribution of Investors ... 147          Distribution per Number of Investors ... 147          Distribution of Investors per Tonnage Capacity ... 150          Distribution per Values of Ships ... 152       The Making of Shipping Knowhow of the Groups of Origin ... 155          The Hermoupolis Groups of Origin—The Psariots ... 155          The Chiots ... 157          The Outside Hermoupolis Groups of Origin-Andros ... 162          Hydra ... 163          Santorini ... 165          Mykonos ... 166          Spetses ... 167          The Ionians (Cephalonia and Ithaki) ... 169       The Occupational Groups of Investors ... 170          Most Important Individual Investors: A Socio-Economic Profile ... 173       Towards a Concentrated Ownership: Specialization and Shipowning ... 179  6 Factors of Production ... 182       Organization of Production ... 182          The Shipbuilding Enterprise ... 182          Structure and Characteristics of the Shipbuilding Enterprise in Syros in the Nineteenth Century ... 183          Shipbuilding Enterprises and Shipbuilders in Syros: Origin and Know-how ... 185          Productivity and Classification of Master Shipwrights and of Shipbuilding Enterprises ... 188          Shipbuilding Enterprises and Entrepreneurship—the Making of a Shipbuilding Elite ... 193          Koufoudakis Family ... 195          Pagidas Family ... 196          Maskas Family ... 198          Sehas Family ... 201          Krystallis Family ... 202          Potous Family ... 203          Cooperative Forms of Production—Partnerships of Shipbuilding Craftsmen ... 205       Labour ... 206          Specialization, Division of Labour and Hierarchy ... 206          Workforce Capacity and Wages ... 207       Capital ... 209       Land ... 210          The Old Shipbuilding Area ... 210          The New Shipbuilding Area ... 211          The Ship Repairing Zone ... 213       Auxiliary Trades-Raw Materials ... 214          Organization of Timber Trade ... 214          Charters Transportation ... 215          Sales ... 217          Metallurgy and Ironsmith Workshops ... 220          Other Shipbuilding Material and Maritime Stores ... 220  Conclusions ... 223  Appendices ... 227 Sources and Bibliography ... 295 Index ... 316","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210677805399,"sku":"9789004306141","price":136.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mediterranean-wooden-shipbuilding-economy-technology-and-institutions-in-syros-in-the-nineteenth-century-9789004306141","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}