Collection Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series, 2014, 224 p. ISBN : 9781137327970 Prix : 72,80 € (existe aussi en version électronique).

Présentation éditeur :

« Port cities were the means through which cultural and economic exchange took place between continental societies and the maritime world. In examining the ports of Brazil, the Caribbean and West Africa, this volume will provide fresh insight into the meaning of the ’First Globalisation’. Many of these ports were part of territories either governed or dominated by France, Britain, Spain or Portugal, that participated in global economy and society on very different terms from those northern European cities where major merchant and banking interests had their headquarters. Likewise, the ports of independent American countries underwent their own development processes. Taking the perspective of the Global South, the volume assesses this globalising trend, with its associated Industrial revolution, colonial expansion and new migrant and commodities flows. The international cast of authors in this collection bring fresh insight to this much debated period of history. »

Miguel Suárez Bosa is Lecturer of Economic History at University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. He has studied ports of the Atlantic area for the last thirty years.

Contributors :
 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