1st Edition
A Liverpool Merchant House Being the history of Alfred Booth and Company 1863–1958
This volume focuses on the history of the Alfred Booth and Company in Liverpool from 1863 to 1958. Originally published in 1959, this is an account of a family business, written primarily for those who are, or have been, associated with it; but written also in the hope that it may be found of some value by those who are interested in the history of English economic development during the nineteenth century.
Preface
1. The Booth family
2. Years of war: Years of experience. 1857-1865
3. The Sheepskin trade. 1865-1890
4. The Booth line. 1865-1881
5. The Surpass Leather Company. 1890-1914
6. The Booth Steamship Company. 1881-1914
7. The Great War and its aftermath. 1914-1920
8. The English and American leather interests. 1920-1939
9. The Booth Steamship Company. 1919-1939
10. The Unit Construction Company. 1919-1939
11. The Second World War. 1939-1945
12. Booth Men and labour relations
13. Alfred Booth and Company
14. Alfred Booth and Company Today.
Biography
A.H. John Reader in Economic History, University of London
