Trade and traders in mid-Victorian Liverpool
Subtitle: mercantile business and the making of a world port
By: Graeme J. Milne.
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Liverpool
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
Subjects: Merchants -- England -- Liverpool -- History -- 19th century.; Liverpool (England) -- Commerce -- History -- 19th century.
Other titles: Mercantile business and the making of a world port
Description: This book charts the development of Liverpool's trade, shipping and business culture in the third quarter of the nineteenth century. It assesses the causes and consequences of major changes in the port's economy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-240) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: l; title: Part I: Patterns and contexts; title: 2 Shipping in an era of transition and opportunity; title: 3 Trade, diversification, regions and commodities; title: 4 Accommodating diversity: Port infrastructure; title: Part I1: The dynamics of mercantile business; title: 5 Function, specialisation and integration; title: 6 Capital, credit, growth and control; title: 7 Insecurity, information and reputation; title: Part III: Institutions and influence; title: 8 Constraint and opportunity: Government contracting; title: 9 Interest, faction and port management; title: 10 Conclusion: Trading in interesting times; title: Notes on sources; title: Notes on abbreviations; title: Bibliography; title: Index.