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 Info | Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, |
| Description | viii, 243 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-240) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2001369119 |
| ISBN | 0853236062 |
| ISBN | 085323616X (pbk.) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |