Networks of Influence and Power
Business, Culture and Identity in Liverpool's Merchant Community, c.1800 to 1914
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Networks of Influence and Power
Business, Culture and Identity in Liverpool's Merchant Community, c.1800 to 1914
About this book
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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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Lists of figures
- List of tables
- List of contributors
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- 1 Networks of Influence and Power: The Forging of Liverpoolâs Merchant Community
- 2 The Mercantile Liverpool Project Database: Sources and Findings
- 3 The Business Environment
- 4 Ethics, Trust and Reputation
- 5 âThe Visible Embodiment of Modern Commerceâ: The Development of Liverpoolâs Commercial Centre
- 6 Kinship, Friendship and Partnership: The Social Networks of the Liverpool Merchant Community
- 7 Intersecting Worlds: Women, the Family, and Merchant Culture
- 8 âThe Mark of Opulence, Taste and Skillâ: Liverpool Merchantsâ Houses, c.1750-c.1900
- 9 âTo Purer Air and Brighter Skiesâ: Escaping from the City
- 10 Suburbanisation, Community Building, and the Fragmentation of Business Culture: The Impact on Liverpool of Residential Development on the Wirral
- 11 Deconstructing Liverpoolâs Merchant Networks: Transience, Religion, Politics, and Business Interests
- 12 Associational Culture, Social Influence, and the Cultural Embeddedness of Merchant Networks: A Reassessment
- 13 Postscript
- Index