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Van Driel’s fine paper is an important exploration of the circumstances surrounding the adoption of technical changes in the port of Rotterdam in which, having established a theoretical basis for innovation, he examines the details of mechanization there. These comments are not a criticism of his argument or facts, but rather a suggestion that the history of Rotterdam and Antwerp ports might be further illuminated by contextual and comparative study.
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Jackson, G. (2003). Commentary on the paper of Van Driel. In: Loyen, R., Buyst, E., Devos, G. (eds) Struggling for Leadership: Antwerp-Rotterdam Port Competition between 1870 –2000. Contributions to Economics. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57485-6_22
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