Port cities of Atlantic Iberia, c. 1500-1900
By: Patrick O'Flanagan.
Publisher: Ashgate Pub.; Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hampshire, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780754661092
Subjects: Harbors -- Spain -- History; Harbors -- Portugal -- History; Urbanization -- Spain -- History; Urbanization -- Portugal -- History
Description: "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 policies for the main ports of Atlantic Iberia during the monopoly period extending from 1503 to c. 1778, and briefly considers the implications of the suppression of monopoly for these centres over the remainder of the nineteenth century."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [294]-328) and index.