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The Earles of Liverpool : a Georgian merchant dynasty /
This text uses the experience of three generations of the Earle family to throw light on the social and economic history of Liverpool during its rise to prominence as a great port, from 1688 to 1840. The focus is on six members of this successful family, John who came to Liverpool as apprentice to a...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Liverpool :
Liverpool University Press,
2016.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Notes and Abbreviations; Chapter One Origins of a Merchant Dynasty; Chapter Two This Very Opulent Town; Chapter Three Slave Ship Captain; Chapter Four Slave Merchant; Chapter Five Jack of All Trades; Chapter Six Thomas Earle of Leghorn; Chapter Seven Thomas Earle of Hanover Street; Chapter Eight Privateering in the American War; Chapter Nine Ralph Earle and Russia; Chapter Ten Brothers in the Slave Trade; Chapter Eleven The Last Years of Livorno; Chapter Twelve New Horizons; Bibliography; Index.