| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Notes and Abbreviations; Chapter One Origins of a Merchant Dynasty; Chapter Two This Very Opulent Town; Chapter Three Slave Ship Captain; Chapter Four Slave Merchant; Chapter Five Jack of All Trades; Chapter Six Thomas Earle of Leghorn; Chapter Seven Thomas Earle of Hanover Street; Chapter Eight Privateering in the American War; Chapter Nine Ralph Earle and Russia; Chapter Ten Brothers in the Slave Trade; Chapter Eleven The Last Years of Livorno; Chapter Twelve New Horizons; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This text uses the experience of three generations of the Earle family to throw light on the social and economic history of Liverpool during its rise to prominence as a great port, from 1688 to 1840. The focus is on six members of this successful family, John who came to Liverpool as apprentice to a merchant in 1688, his three sons, Ralph, Thomas and William, who all became merchants specializing in different branches of the trade of the port, and William's two sons, another Thomas and another William, who consolidated the fortunes of the family and began the process of converting their wealth into gentility. The approach is descriptive rather than theoretical, and the aim throughout has been to make the book entertaining as well as informative |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 11, 2016) |
| Subject |
Earle family.
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| SUBJECT |
Earle family fast |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
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Commerce
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Economic history
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| SUBJECT |
Liverpool (England) -- Commerce -- History
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Liverpool (England) -- Economic conditions -- 18th century
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Liverpool (England) -- History
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| Subject |
England -- Liverpool
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781781382301 |
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1781382301 |
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9781781388778 |
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1781388776 |
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