Fuelling the World Economy: Seaports, Coal, and Oil Markets

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This book explores the functioning of coal markets and their influence on ports and maritime economics since the second half of the nineteenth century. Each chapter includes case studies from different parts of the world, explaining the role played by coal in the expansion of the shipping industry. This book also explores regions usually neglected by the mainstream scholarly literature in this field. The relationship between steam engine technology and imperial expansion, how the emergence of global security was driven by maritime technological revolutions, and the connection between global seaports and the spread of global economic and political systems are also discussed. This book aims to highlight the important role seaports and fuel markets played in the evolution of international commercial flows and activities. Fuelling the World Economy will be useful for historians, economists, and geographers interested in maritime and energy issues, as well as researchers interested in transport and technology. Preface and Acknowledgements Contents Notes on Contributors List of Figures List of Tables Chapter 1: Introduction Structure of the Book References Chapter 2: The Use of Coal in Maritime Transport and Maritime Station Networks: Routes, Stores and Companies, Circa 1850–1930 Introduction Capitalist Expansion and the Production and Supply of Coal Shipping Routes During the Age of Coal Stations and the Price of Coal Supplies Conclusions Appendix 2.1: The Price of Coal at the Main Stations in 1912 Appendix 2.2: The Price of Coal and Freight in the Canary Islands Ports, 1891–1933 References Chapter 3: Bunkering in West Africa: The Case of Dakar Introduction The Structure of the Coaling Market in West Africa, 1880–1914 The Evolution of the Coaling Business in Dakar World War I and the Bunkering Sector in Dakar Conclusion References Chapter 4: The Rhenish-Westphalian Coal Syndicate and the German Bunker Coal Business, 1905–1947 Introduction RWKS and DKD Between 1905 and 1913–1923 The End of Exclusivity: The DKD from 1923 to 1945 DKD and RWKS i.L. from 1945 Until 1947 Conclusion References Archival References Chapter 5: Common Destines: French Trading Ports and Oil in the Twentieth Century, 1914–1965 Introduction Lessons from World War I Seaports as Favourite Sites An Increasing Role of Oil in the Economy of French Ports Conclusion References Chapter 6: French Capital, Gdynia, and the Position of Polish Coal on International Markets in the Interwar Period Introduction: Interwar Poland as a Coal Producer and Exporter The Geography and Economics of Polish Coal Exports Polish Infrastructure and French Capital French Companies in the Polish Coal Sector Conclusion References Chapter 7: Ports, Coal, and Exports from the Argentine Pampas Region: An Evaluation of the Institutional Actors Related to Coal Circulation in the Agro-Export Period, 1860–1930 Introduction Regional Port Cities: Actors in International Relations Buenos Aires and Coal The Configuration of the Iron Roads in the Hinterlands Neural Points of the Rioplatense Railway-Port Complex A Port for the Capital of the Province of Buenos Aires The Supply of Coal in the Heart of the Pampa gringa Urban Cultural Footprints Conclusions References Chapter 8: The Coal Economy in Brazil (1850–1889) Introduction Brazil into the World Market Energy Dependence: Coal in the Empire of Brazil The Question of Coal Consumption The Leading Companies of the Coal Economy in Brazil Conclusion Appendix 8.1: Main Products in the Import and Export Basket of the Empire of Brazil, 1850–1851, 1870–1871, 1890 Appendix 8.2: Main Steam Navigation Companies Subsidized by the Brazilian State in the Nineteenth Century References Index