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- Title
History of the Ports.
- Authors
Palmer, Sarah
- Abstract
This article explores port typography and historiography. It reviews the expansion of port history as a field over the last 50 years, with increasing focus on the Early Modern, Medieval and Classical periods. Concentration on leading players has been replaced by interest in a range of ports, and comparisons at a local and regional level, although regrettably usually not at international or global level, for reasons considered. The author takes issue with suggestions that port history sits uncomfortably at a nexus of local, national and international historiography, arguing that this is a strength, providing both basic coherence and wider perspective.
- Subjects
MARITIME history; HISTORY of harbors; MARITIME shipping; ESTUARIES; CARGO handling
- Publication
International Journal of Maritime History, 2020, Vol 32, Issue 2, p426
- ISSN
0843-8714
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0843871420921266