Reference Type: Book Section
Author: Ardeleanu, Constantin
Year: 2010
Title: Aspecte calitative şi cantitative privind rolul economic al grecilor cu protecţie britanică din portul Galaţi în primii ani după Războiul Crimeii
Translated Title: [Qualitative and Quantitative Aspects Regarding the Economic Role of the Greeks with British Protection in Galaţi Harbor in the First Years after the Crimean War]
Editor: Achim, Venera - Achim, Viorel
Book Title: Minoritățile etnice din România în secolul al XIX-lea/ Ethnic Minorities in Romania in the Nineteenth Century
City: București
Publisher: Editura Academiei Române
Pages: 13-27.
Language: Romanian
Keywords: Greek minority, history, elites, settlement, economy, diaspora, urbanization
Abstract(EN): The economic development of harbors at Lower Danube, after 1829, was to a great extent determined by the activity of the strong communities of Greek merchants or ship owners, who, from the end of the 18th century, had been spread over the big harbors of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Among these entrepreneurs, Ionian Greeks benefited after 1815 of British protection, an advantage that facilitated their role of mediators of the great trade between the East and the Western markets. Based on unpublished information in the correspondence of the British Vice-Consul in Galaţi, found in the London archives, this study emphasizes the role of the British subjects from Galaţi and Brăila in the economic development of the Romanian principalities in the decades from the mid-19th century