Trade and Traders in Mid-Victorian Liverpool: Mercantile Business and the Making of a World Port [Hardcover]

Graeme J. Milne (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0853236062 | ISBN-13: 978-0853236061 | Publication Date: December 1, 2000

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 Mersey Docks & Harbour Board.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 254 pages
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press (December 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0853236062
• ISBN-13: 978-0853236061
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,028,465 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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