Trade and traders in mid-Victorian Liverpool : mercantile business and the making of a world port / Graeme J. Milne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milne, Graeme J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Merchants--England--Liverpool--History--19th century.

Merchants.

Liverpool (England)--Commerce.

Liverpool (England).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 243 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 Mersey Docks & Harbour Board.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: l

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 I1: 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.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Aug 2017).

Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-240) and index.

ISBN:

1-78138-789-3

1-84631-426-7

OCLC:

476209739