Trade and traders in mid-Victorian Liverpool [[electronic resource] ] : mercantile business and the making of a world port / / Graeme J. Milne
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Milne Graeme J
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| Titolo: |
Trade and traders in mid-Victorian Liverpool [[electronic resource] ] : mercantile business and the making of a world port / / Graeme J. Milne
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| Pubblicazione: | Liverpool, : Liverpool University Press, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 380.1094275309034 |
| 382/.0942/53 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Merchants - England - Liverpool - History - 19th century |
| Soggetto geografico: | Liverpool (England) Commerce |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-240) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| 8: Constraint and opportunity: Government contracting 9: Interest, faction and port management; 10: Conclusion: Trading in interesting times; Notes on sources; Notes on abbreviations; Bibliography; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Trade and traders in mid-Victorian Liverpool |
| ISBN: | 1-78138-789-3 |
| 1-84631-426-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910453529303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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