350 Pages
by
Routledge
350 Pages
by
Routledge
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Charting the evolution of the port cities of Atlantic Spain and Portugal over four centuries, this book examines the often dynamic interaction between the large privileged ports of Lisbon, Seville and Cadiz (the Metropoles) and the smaller ports of, among others, Oporto, Corunna and Santander (the Second Tier). The book particularly focuses on the implications of state-sponsored commercial... Read more
I: Ports and the Atlantic; I: Introduction; 1: Iberian Urban Contexts; 2: Formation and Geography of the Atlantic and Transatlantic Economies; II: The Monopoly: Seville, Cádiz and the Andalusi Port Complex; 3: Seville; 4: Cádiz and La Bahía de Cádiz; 5: The Atlantic Archipelagos; 6: Another Metropole: Lisbon; 7: Castile and the Atlantic; III: A Second Tier of Ports; 8: Oporto: Fortified Wine and Colonial Commerce; 9: Corunna: A Provincial Port; 10: Santander: Wheat and Wool Emporium; 11: Basque Maritime Heritage and Port Development; III: Conclusions
Biography
Patrick O'Flanagan is a Professor and Head of the Department of Geography at University College Cork, Ireland. Most of his academic career has been spend at this university. He has maintained close links with all of the Atlantic universities on the Iberian peninsula and especially with the university of Santiago de Compostela. He has published widely on the historical and cultural geography of the Iberian peninsula.
’[the book] will be of interest to urban, Iberian and economic historians, and offers valuable material for Atlantic historians.’ Journal of Urban History ’... this is an important piece of scholarship that makes a valiant attempt to understand and conceptualize a huge topic. It is well illustrated with dozens of sketches, tables, maps and city plans, some in colour. Scholars from a variety of disciplines in the social sciences will learn much from its pages.’ Bulletin of Spanish Studies
