Book review: Liverpool – a History of ‘The Great Port’

This latest book from Dr Adrian Jarvis is his seventh in a long line of impeccably researched offerings, and analyses the social, economic and political impacts on the long history and development of the dock system at Liverpool, its people and the surrounding area. Covering the most crucial period of the Port of Liverpool, this book recounts and refreshes the fascinating story of its rise from insignificance to port infrastructure, which at its peak was unmatched anywhere in the world.

Yet again Dr Jarvis has achieved the perfect balance in preparing a book that is both of interest to academics...