Sailing Shipping and Maritime Labor in Camogli (1815-1914): Floating Communities in the Global World

About the Author

Leonardo Scavino, Ph.D. (2020), University of Genoa, is postdoctoral fellow at the same institution. He has worked in the framework of the ERC project SeaLiT and conducts research on nineteenth century maritime history, focusing on Mediterranean and Atlantic shipping, global routes, maritime labor and the transition from sail to steam.

Product Description

This book explores the historical evolution of a Mediterranean village that radically changed its core self-sustaining activities in less than a century, from fishing for anchovies in the Ligurian Sea to rounding Cape Horn.