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

Author/creator Milne, Graeme J.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLiverpool : Liverpool University Press,
Descriptionviii, 243 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Portion of title Mercantile business and the making of a world port
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [231]-240) and index.
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LCCN 2001369119
ISBN0853236062
ISBN085323616X (pbk.)

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