| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 243 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-240) and index. |
| Contents |
Title Page; Contents; Plan of the Mersey docks, c. 1860; Preface; List of tables; List of figures; 1: Introduction: Boom, bust, crisis and opportunity; Part I: Patterns and contexts; 2: Shipping in an era of transition and opportunity; 3: Trade, diversification, regions and commodities; 4: Accommodating diversity: Port infrastructure; Part II: The dynamics of mercantile business; 5: Function, specialisation and integration; 6: Capital, credit, growth and control; 7: Insecurity, information and reputation; Part III: Institutions and influence. |
| Summary |
This book charts the development of Liverpool?s trade, shipping and business culture in the third quarter of the nineteenth century. Using previously neglected evidence, it assesses the causes and consequences of major changes in the port?s economy, and considers the activities of the international trading community that had to work in this complex business environment. Shipowners and merchants confronted difficult choices, whether in adopting the new steamship technology, diversifying into new commodity trades, competing for government contracts, or managing their port through the elected Mer. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Merchants -- England -- Liverpool -- History -- 19th century.
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Merchants. |
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England -- Liverpool. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Liverpool (England) -- Commerce -- History -- 19th century.
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Liverpool (England) -- Commerce.
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Title |
Mercantile business and the making of a world port |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Milne, Graeme J. Trade and traders in mid-Victorian Liverpool. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2000 0853236062 9780853236061 (DLC) 2001369119 (OCoLC)44932932 |
| ISBN |
9781846314261 (electronic book) |
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1846314267 (electronic book) |
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9780853236061 |
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0853236062 |
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085323616X (paperback) |
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