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Identifier

000446101

Title

The maritime community of La Ciotat, 1850-1914

Alternative Title

Η ναυτική κοινότητα της La Ciotat, 1850-1914

Author

Βασιλάκη, Καλλιόπη

Thesis advisor

Πετμεζάς Σωκράτης

Reviewer

Χαρλαύτη Τζελίνα
Δελής Απόστολος
Λυμπεράτος Ανδρέας
Χατζηιωάννου Μαρία-Χριστίνα
Ibarz Gelabert Jordi
Sauzeau Thierry

Abstract

The small port-town of La Ciotat, located forty kilometres to the east of Marseilles’ shores, had always been firmly connected with the sea. A strong geographical deterministic link to a bay surrounded by steep cliffs, formed for the population, a profound cultural appropriation with the sea. During the sailing era, La Ciotat participated actively in the maritime economy of Provence, including the sectors of fishing, coastal and deep-sea going shipping, and shipbuilding. It produced famous and skilled captains and sailors, who often sailed to the Eastern Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean, while local shipbuilders constructed some of the most beautiful (and largest) wooden sailing ships of Provence. During the second half of the nineteenth century, the maritime community of La Ciotat experienced an enormous metamorphosis prompted by the introduction of steam power. Already by 1836, the port began to transform into an industrial shipyard, subsequently performing an intense transition during the second half of the nineteenth century, with the establishment of the technical section of the Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes (the largest steam navigation company of France), and the formation of a large-scale complex of industrial shipyard and workshops for the construction of company steamers. In this vivid context, this thesis aims to examine the process and incremental economic and social change of the maritime community of La Ciotat during the second half of the nineteenth century, due to the introduction of novel technologies in shipping. To this end, the objective of this doctoral thesis is to examine the process of transformation of the La Ciotat maritime community, and the socio-economic transition from the sailing to steam era.

Language

Greek

Subject

France

Industrial revolution

Maritime community

Shipbuilding

Shipping

Βιομηχανική επανάσταση

Γαλλία

Ναυπηγεία

Ναυτική κοινότητα