Losing the thread : cotton, Liverpool and the American Civil War /

"This is the first full-length study of the effect of the American Civil War on Britain's raw cotton trade and on the Liverpool cotton market. It includes an analysis of primary sources never used by historians. Before the civil war, America supplied 80 per cent of Britain's cotton. I...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Powell, Jim, 1949- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2021.
Temas:
1800-1899
Cotton trade > England > Liverpool > History > 19th century.
Cotton trade > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Cotton trade > Confederate States of America.
Commerce
Cotton trade
Economics
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Economic aspects.
Great Britain > Commerce > Confederate States of America.
Confederate States of America > Commerce > Great Britain.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Aspect économique.
England > Liverpool
Great Britain
United States
United States > Confederate States of America
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Feast and famine
  • 2. The Saturday afternoon syndrome
  • 3. A three-phase supply
  • 4. Unfathomed depths; uncharted mountains
  • 5. Liverpool, Louisiana?
  • 6. A toll booth on the Mersey
  • 7. The brokers and the broken
  • 8. When Johnny went marching home
  • Appendix : Notes on statistical sources
  • Notes to chapters.

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