| Trade and Traders in Mid-Victorian Liverpool: Mercantile Business and the Making of a World Port Contributor(s): Milne, Graeme (Author) |
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ISBN: 0853236062 ISBN-13: 9780853236061 Publisher: Liverpool University Press OUR PRICE: $129.69 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | International - General - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Business & Economics | Development - Business Development |
| Dewey: 382.094 |
| LCCN: 2001369119 |
| Lexile Measure: 1640 |
| Physical Information: 1.5" H x 6.44" W x 9.44" (1.2 lbs) 254 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
