The last shift : the decline of handloom weaving in nineteenth-century Lancashire
Timmins, Geoffrey1993
Books, Manuscripts
Charts and assesses the decline of handloom weaving in Lancashire in the 19th century, taking into account evidence from various sources that indicate that steam-powered mechanization was, in fact, confined to only a few economic sectors. Comparative material from other countries is used.
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Imprint:
Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press, c1993.
Collation:
xi,253p. : ill., maps, plans ; 24cm.
Notes:
Includes index.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780719037252
Dewey class:
338.47677028242094276677.02824LM312338.47677094276
Local class:
S/J41
Language:
English
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Index terms:
weavers weaving textiles cotton industry hand loom select powerloom little bolton caddow qulit samuel crompton Deane Egerton Entwistle Horwich Turton Westhoughton
BRN:
102774