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Onassis Business History, 1924â1975
Series: - Brill's Studies in Maritime History, Volume: 16
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Winner of the John R. Lyman Book Award in Maritime and Naval Biography and Autobiography (2024).
Aristotle Onassis was the most famous shipowner of the twentieth century. He became the archetype and image of the ship-owning magnate, the symbol of Greek enterprise on a global scale. What distinguished him from the rest was that he created the shipping business of the new global era, combining the European maritime tradition and the American institutions and resources. Almost all books written on Onassis focus on his lifestyle and personal life. This is the first book examining all aspects of his multi-faceted global business activities in the shipping, airline and oil industries. It is based on the newly-formed Onassis Archive comprising thousands of new and unpublished files of his core business.
Contributors are: Alexandra Papadopoulou, Amalia Pappa, Maria Damilakou, Lars Scholl, and Christos Tsakas.
Aristotle Onassis was the most famous shipowner of the twentieth century. He became the archetype and image of the ship-owning magnate, the symbol of Greek enterprise on a global scale. What distinguished him from the rest was that he created the shipping business of the new global era, combining the European maritime tradition and the American institutions and resources. Almost all books written on Onassis focus on his lifestyle and personal life. This is the first book examining all aspects of his multi-faceted global business activities in the shipping, airline and oil industries. It is based on the newly-formed Onassis Archive comprising thousands of new and unpublished files of his core business.
Contributors are: Alexandra Papadopoulou, Amalia Pappa, Maria Damilakou, Lars Scholl, and Christos Tsakas.
Gelina Harlaftis, Director for the Institute for Mediterranean Studies of the Foundation of Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) since 2017, is Professor of Maritime History at the University of Crete. She has published 30 books and 70 articles in maritime, economic, business, diaspora and global history.
"Onassis Business History sheds important light on innovations in maritime management in the middle portion of the twentieth century, and it is lively enough to absorb even readers who have no particular interest in the colourful life and tumultuous times of famed tanker magnate Aristotle Onassis. (...) This is an outstanding piece of work, and it deserves attention." â Marc Levinson, in: International Journal of Maritime History (2025), pp. 1â3.
Contents
Foreword
âAnthony S. Papadimitriou
Prologue and Acknowledgements
âGelina Harlaftis
List of Tables
List of Figures, Maps and Images
Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
âGelina Harlaftis
1 The Onassis Family: Family and Business Network
âGelina Harlaftis
2 The Business Career of Aristotle Onassis, 1924â1975
âGelina Harlaftis
3 Onassis in Argentina (1923â1940): The Shaping of an Entrepreneur
âMaria Damilakou
4 The âOnassiadaâ: The Conflict with the Greek Shipowning Establishment
âGelina Harlaftis
5 The Great Innovation: The Offshore Empire
âGelina Harlaftis
6 Onassisâs People: âBusiness Familyâ, Administration and Management
âGelina Harlaftis
7 Tankers, Oil, and Money: Innovation in Shipbuilding and Finance
âGelina Harlaftis
8 Whaling in the Southern Seas and Antarctica
âLars Scholl
9 âGame Historyâ: The Conflict with the United States
âGelina Harlaftis
10 Olympic Airways, 1956â1974, Part 1
âAlexandra Papadopoulou
11 OMEGA Industrial Investments SA
âChristos Tsakas
12 World-Wide Mobility, Political Networking and Sociability
âGelina Harlaftis
13 After Onassis. The Onassis Shipping Group from 1975 to the Present
âGelina Harlaftis
14 The Archive of the Aristotle Onassis Enterprises: âUnderwayâ
âAmalia Pappa, Alexandra Papadopoulou and Gelina Harlaftis
Appendices
Bibliography
Index
Foreword
âAnthony S. Papadimitriou
Prologue and Acknowledgements
âGelina Harlaftis
List of Tables
List of Figures, Maps and Images
Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
âGelina Harlaftis
1 The Onassis Family: Family and Business Network
âGelina Harlaftis
2 The Business Career of Aristotle Onassis, 1924â1975
âGelina Harlaftis
3 Onassis in Argentina (1923â1940): The Shaping of an Entrepreneur
âMaria Damilakou
4 The âOnassiadaâ: The Conflict with the Greek Shipowning Establishment
âGelina Harlaftis
5 The Great Innovation: The Offshore Empire
âGelina Harlaftis
6 Onassisâs People: âBusiness Familyâ, Administration and Management
âGelina Harlaftis
7 Tankers, Oil, and Money: Innovation in Shipbuilding and Finance
âGelina Harlaftis
8 Whaling in the Southern Seas and Antarctica
âLars Scholl
9 âGame Historyâ: The Conflict with the United States
âGelina Harlaftis
10 Olympic Airways, 1956â1974, Part 1
âAlexandra Papadopoulou
11 OMEGA Industrial Investments SA
âChristos Tsakas
12 World-Wide Mobility, Political Networking and Sociability
âGelina Harlaftis
13 After Onassis. The Onassis Shipping Group from 1975 to the Present
âGelina Harlaftis
14 The Archive of the Aristotle Onassis Enterprises: âUnderwayâ
âAmalia Pappa, Alexandra Papadopoulou and Gelina Harlaftis
Appendices
Bibliography
Index
The book will be of interest to all academic libraries, specialists, graduate and postgraduate student in maritime, economic and business history.