'A particular spirit of enterprise': Bristol and Liverpool slave trade merchants as entrepreneurs in the eighteenth century

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'A particular spirit of enterprise': Bristol and Liverpool slave trade merchants as entrepreneurs in the eighteenth century

It is well known that Liverpool surpassed Bristol as Britain's premier slave trading port in the mid-eighteenth century, but the reasons for Liverpool's dominance remain debated. In this comparative research, the theoretical framework of entrepreneurship and various notions of capital, inc...

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Main Author:	McDade, Katie
Format:	Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English
Published:	2011
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/12859/

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