03156nam 2200589Ia 450 991045352930332120200520144314.01-78138-789-31-84631-426-7(CKB)1000000000541228(EBL)380703(OCoLC)476209739(SSID)ssj0000260870(PQKBManifestationID)11225694(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000260870(PQKBWorkID)10256532(PQKB)11225080(StDuBDS)EDZ0000127176(MiAaPQ)EBC380703(UkCbUP)CR9781781387894(Au-PeEL)EBL380703(CaPaEBR)ebr10369042(EXLCZ)99100000000054122820000809d2000 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrTrade and traders in mid-Victorian Liverpool[electronic resource] mercantile business and the making of a world port /Graeme J. MilneLiverpool Liverpool University Press20001 online resource (256 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-85323-606-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-240) and index.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 influence8: Constraint and opportunity: Government contracting 9: Interest, faction and port management; 10: Conclusion: Trading in interesting times; Notes on sources; Notes on abbreviations; Bibliography; IndexThis 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 electedMerchantsEnglandLiverpoolHistory19th centuryLiverpool (England)CommerceElectronic books.MerchantsHistory380.1094275309034382/.0942/53Milne Graeme J946325MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453529303321Trade and traders in mid-Victorian Liverpool2444266UNINA