Apostolos Delis
Brill's Studies in Maritime History, Brill, Leiden 2015
Type: Selected Bibliography

In this study 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 Based on unpublished archival sources, multi-language secondary literature and the employment of interdisciplinary theoretical tools Apostolos Delis highlights the national and international significance of Syros’ shipbuilding industry.