Liverpool Docks
Author | : David Paul |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2016 |
ISBN-10 | : 1781555184 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781781555187 |
Rating | : 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: 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."