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Comparative port history is often preached, but seldom practiced. This volume compares the development of Rotterdam and Antwerp in the period 1880-2000. Because of their geographical proximity, these European ports have a long history of intense rivalry. In order to attract new cargo flows, port dues and cargo-handling costs were regarded as vital instruments, but the volume qualifies the importance of pricing as a competitive instrument, and questions the common typologies of Rotterdam and Antwerp. Using new methods and theories, and employing an extensive, recently constructed database, the book presents a fresh look at an old topic. This volume contains contributions of both Belgian and Dutch authors.

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Ferry de Goey is a historian and lectures on the History of Industrial Societies at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, where his specialization is Business History.

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