Liverpool and Merseyside: Essays in the Economic and Social History of the Port and Its Hinterland

Abstract

The 17th-century origins of watchmaking in south-west Lancashire, F.A. Bailey and T.C Barker the permanent poor in south-west Lancashire under the old poor law, G.W. Oxley the attorney and the early capital market in Lancashire, B.L. Anderson early Liverpool canal controversies, J.R. Harris the Liverpool campaign against the order in council and the war of 1812, B.H. Tolley Liverpool shipping in the early 19th century, F. Neal Liverpool merchants and the cotton trade 1820-1850, D.M. Williams the African steam ship company, P.N. Davies the general strike on Merseyside, D.E. Baines and R. Bean.