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Networks of Influence and Power - Business, Culture and Identity in Liverpool's Merchant Community, c.1800 to 1914 (Hardcover)
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Networks of Influence and Power - Business, Culture and Identity in Liverpool's Merchant Community, c.1800 to 1914 (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in Modern British History
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During the nineteenth century Liverpool became the heart of an
international maritime network. As the 'second city' of Empire, its
merchants and shipowners operated within a transnational commercial
and financial system, while its trading connections stimulated the
development of new markets and their integration within an
increasingly global economy. This ground-breaking volume brings
together ten original contributions that reflect upon the
development of the city's business community from the
early-nineteenth century to the outbreak of the First World War
with an emphasis on the period from 1851 to 1912. It offers the
first detailed analysis of Liverpool's merchant community within a
conceptual and historiographical framework which focuses on the
economic, social and cultural role of business elites in the
nineteenth century. It explores the extent to which business
success was predicated on the maintenance of networks of trust;
analyses the importance of business culture in structuring
commercial operations; and discusses the role of ethics, trust and
reputation within the changing framework of the business
environment. Particular attention is paid to the role of women and
the important contribution of the family to commercial success and
the maintenance of social networks. Changes in business practice
and social networks are also examined within a spatial context in
order to assess the impact of the development of a distinct
commercial centre and the clustering of commercial activity on
interaction, reputation and trust, while particular attention is
paid to the effect of suburbanization on existing associational
networks, the social cohesiveness of business culture, and the
cultural identity of the merchant community as a whole.
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