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The Persian Gulf has long been a gateway to the world. This work provides a comprehensive study of the nature and importance, rise and fall, and domestic and international consequences of its port cities in modern times.

Port cities --- Cities and towns, Port --- City-ports --- Emporia (Port cities) --- Port towns --- Cities and towns --- Harbors

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New Faces of Harbour Cities explores the changing so-called ""faces"" of harbour cities. Whilst urban regeneration and harbour cities are discussed as related realms within the wider field of urban competitiveness, few studies have attempted to give place to the broader set of economic, social, legal, environmental and cultural dimensions of urban waterfront regeneration in harbour cities concerning not only Western and Northern Europe, but also Aegean and Mediterranean cities. The book provide...

Cities and towns. --- Port cities. --- Cities and towns, Port --- City-ports --- Emporia (Port cities) --- Port towns --- Cities and towns --- Harbors --- Global cities --- Municipalities --- Towns --- Urban areas --- Urban systems --- Human settlements --- Sociology, Urban

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Despite the port’s prominence in maritime history, its cultural significance has long been neglected in favour of its role within economic and imperial networks. Defined by their intersection of maritime and urban space, port towns were sites of complex cultural exchanges. This book, the product of international scholarship, offers innovative and challenging perspectives on the cultural histories of ports, ranging from eighteenth-century Africa to twentieth-century Australasia and Europe. The essays in this important collection explore two key themes; the nature and character of ‘sailortown’ culture and port-town life, and the representations of port towns that were forged both within and beyond urban-maritime communities. The book’s exploration of port town identities and cultures, and its use of a rich array of methodological approaches and cultural artefacts, will make it of great interest to both urban and maritime historians. It also represents a major contribution to the emerging, interdisciplinary field of coastal studies.

History. --- World history. --- Civilization --- Cities and towns --- Cultural History. --- Urban History. --- World History, Global and Transnational History. --- Port cities --- Waterfronts --- Social aspects --- Harbor districts --- Harborfronts --- Marine districts (Urban areas) --- River fronts --- Riverfronts --- Shorefronts --- Water fronts --- Waterfront districts --- Cities and towns, Port --- City-ports --- Emporia (Port cities) --- Port towns --- Harbors --- Civilization-History. --- Cities and towns-History. --- Universal history --- History --- Civilization—History. --- Cities and towns—History.

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This study offers an exploration of the role of merchants throughout maritime history through the analysis of maritime trade networks. It attempts to fill in the gaps in the historiography to determine the range of activities that maritime merchants undertook. It is comprised of nine chapters: one introductory, and eight exploring aspects of merchant history across Europe during the period 1640 to 1940. Several major themes recur throughout these studies: the necessity of port networks; the extension of trade networks through merchant migration and in-migration; the assimilation of merchants into port communities; and the impact of urban governance and trade associations on merchant activity. It concludes by claiming merchants across Europe had a more common with one another when approaching risk management than has previously been assumed, and that the at the core of the merchant's risk management strategy the question of who they could trust with their trade is a universally unifying factor. It suggests that further research on the demographics of ports is the necessary next step in merchant historiography.

Urban economics --- Port cities --- Cities and towns --- City economics --- Economics of cities --- Economics --- Cities and towns, Port --- City-ports --- Emporia (Port cities) --- Port towns --- Harbors --- History. --- Economic aspects --- Merchants --- Immigrants --- Commerce --- Economic aspects. --- Economic conditions. --- Emigrants --- Foreign-born population --- Foreign population --- Foreigners --- Migrants --- Persons --- Businesspeople --- History --- Economic conditions

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In this book, an international team of experts draws upon a rich range of Latin and Greek texts to explore the roles played by individuals at ports in activities and institutions that were central to the maritime commerce of the Roman Mediterranean. In particular, they focus upon some of the interpretative issues that arise in dealing with this kind of epigraphic evidence, the archaeological contexts of the texts, social institutions and social groups in ports, legal issues relating to harbours, case studies relating to specific ports, and mercantile connections and shippers. While much attention is inevitably focused upon the richer epigraphic collections of Ostia and Ephesos, the papers draw upon inscriptions from a very wide range of ports across the Mediterranean. The volume will be invaluable for all scholars and students of Roman history.

Harbors --- Port cities --- Inscriptions, Latin --- Inscriptions, Greek --- History --- Social aspects --- Mediterranean Region --- Commerce --- History. --- Greek inscriptions --- Greek language --- Greek philology --- Latin inscriptions --- Latin language --- Latin philology --- Cities and towns, Port --- City-ports --- Emporia (Port cities) --- Port towns --- Cities and towns --- Anchorages (Harbors) --- Harbours --- Ports --- Seaports --- Channels (Hydraulic engineering) --- Hydraulic structures --- Terminals (Transportation) --- Circum-Mediterranean countries --- Mediterranean Area --- Mediterranean countries --- Mediterranean Sea Region --- Commerce maritime --- Villes portuaires --- Civilisation --- Inscriptions latines. --- Inscriptions grecques. --- Commerce. --- Harbors. --- Port cities. --- Aspect économique