Liverpool and Merseyside: essays in the economic and social history of the port and its hinterland; edited by J. R. Harris
1969, 1st edition. London : Cass. Library copy. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #321889
ISBN: 0714613142
Physical description: xiv, 287 pages; 2 maps; 23 cm. Notes: Includes an essay on the General Strike of 1926 on Merseyside. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents: Introduction, by J.R. Harris.--The seventeenth-century origins of watchmaking in south-west Lancashire, by F.A. Bailey and T.C. Barker.--The permanent poor in south-west Lancashire under the Old poor law, by G.W. Oxley.--The attorney and the early capital market in Lancashire, by B.L. Anderson.--Early Liverpool canal controversies, by J.R. Harris.--The Liverpool campaign against the Order in Council and the War of 1812, by B.H. Tolley.--Liverpool shipping in the early Nineteenth century, by F. Neal.--Liverpool merchants and the cotton trade, 1820-1850, by D.M. Williams.--The African Steam Ship Company, by P.N. Davies.--The general strike on Merseyside, by D.E. Baines and R. Bean. Summary: Essays on a range of issues connected to Liverpool and the surrounding area ranging from staple topics such as shipping and the cotton trade to more unusual topics such as the development of sophisicated machine tools on Merseyside to watchmaking. Subjects: Shipping England Liverpool. Economic history. Shipping. Clock and watch making England Merseyside. Shipping Liverpool. Shipping Liverpool Addresses, essays, lectures. Lancashire Economic conditions History. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated.
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