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Trade and traders in mid-Victorian Liverpool : mercantile business and the making of a world port /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Liverpool :
Liverpool University Press,
2000.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 Mer. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 243 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-240) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781846314261 1846314267 9781781387894 1781387893 9780853236160 085323616X |