Shipping and Globalization in the Post-War Era, 1st ed. 2019 Contexts, Companies, Connections Palgrave Studies in Maritime Economics Series

This open access book belongs to the Maritime Business and Economic History strand of the Palgrave Studies in Maritime Economics book series.

By bringing together scholars from various disciplinary and national backgrounds, this book advances our understanding of the linkages that bind economies and societies together.

Niels P. Petersson is Professor of History at Sheffield Hallam University in the UK. His research interests are in global and transnational history, including the history of business and trade, the shipping industry, Empire, and labour.

Stig Tenold is Professor of Economic History at the Department of Economics, NHH Norwegian School of Economics. His main research has been within the field of contemporary maritime history, both from an economic history and from a business history angle.

Nicholas J. White is Professor of Imperial and Commonwealth History at Liverpool John Moores University. His main research interests are in the history of decolonization (particularly in Southeast Asia) and international business (with a focus recently upon ocean-going shipping).

Presents new research on shipping and globalisation over the last sixty years

Highlights the importance of dialogue between maritime, business and general history in order to understand the transformations of this period

Demonstrates the value of interdisciplinary approaches to analysing complex connections across various parts of Europe, Asia and Africa