摘要：Liverpool saw extremes of both pros perity and decline in a span of just two centuries.1 Between the 18th and early-20th centuries, the British city on thenorthwestern coast of England, wherethe River Mersey meets the Irish Sea,was a major global trade and migrationport. During the Industrial Revolutionthat took place from around 1760 to 1840,Liverpool’s role as the main gateway inthe West for raw materials and fnishedgoods, along with the ships that calledthere, were instrumental in developingBritain’s trading links with North andSouth America, West Africa, the Middleand Far East, and Australia.
