СТОПАНСКИ ВЪЗХОД НА БУРГАС ПРЕЗ ВЪЗРОЖДЕНСКАТА ЕПОХА (1830-1878)
ECONOMICAL PROGRESS OF BURGAS DURING THE NATIONAL REVIVAL AGE (1830-1878)

Author(s): Dimitar Hristov
Subject(s): History, Economy
Published by: ЮГОЗАПАДЕН УНИВЕРСИТЕТ »НЕОФИТ РИЛСКИ«
Keywords: Burgas; Economic History; Renaissance; Shipping; Maritime Trade
Summary/Abstract: Starting from a quite modest position of a small port town at circa 1800, Burgas made a significant and fast rise in importance during the course of the 19th c. For a few decades the town managed to out-255weigh economically the older and far richer in urban traditions centres like Nessebar, Anchialo (today Pomorie) and Sozopol. Was this rise of Burgas due to the enterprising spirit of the citizens or the sensible use of the natural resources? May we assume otherwise that this prosperity was a result of the Ottoman reforming policy, of the coming modernity, or of the discovery of the local market by the West Europeans? Apparently more than one answer is possible here. The paper inquires about the reasons of Burgas’ economical progress, focussing on the period of the biggest leap in growth from 1830 to 1878. The text is an attempt to synthesise some of the most important aspects of the problem without being a comprehensive treatise of the topic in concern.

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