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LIVERPOOL DOCKS
A SHORT HISTORY |
By: |
David Paul |
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Paperback |
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ISBN 10: |
1781555184 |
ISBN 13: |
9781781555187 |
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Publisher: |
FONTHILL MEDIA |
Pub. date: |
21 April, 2016 |
Pages: |
208 |
Description: |
Liverpool Docks: A Short History, traces the birth, growth, strategic importance of the port both in times of peace and war. The book gives a complete timeline from the very earliest days right up to the present-a time when both a new and even larger container dock is being built together with the development of the new cruise liner terminal. |
Synopsis: |
The book is about Liverpool docks and the dockland area its history, strategic importance in times of peace and war; the kinds of cargoes carried into the docks including slaves! The book provides a complete timeline from the very earliest days right up to the modern time a time when a new and even larger container dock is being built and the advent of the new cruise liner terminal this terminal having been at the center of a political and economic argument between Southampton, Liverpool and the EU. The book also speculates as to the future of Liverpool docks, and also, to a lesser extent, the city itself." |
Illustrations: |
72 black and white photographs |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Fonthill Media |
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