The Cotton Trade and Industrial Lancashire 1600-1780 |
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Contents
BOOK II | 108 |
CHAP PAGE | 145 |
iii The Beginnings of the Canal Age | 220 |
MANCHESTER MERCHANTS AND MANUFACTURERS | 241 |
By A P WADsworth | 309 |
THE WEAVERs of MANCHESTER | 324 |
THE BEGINNINGS OF TRADE UNIONISM | 340 |
CoMBINATIONS AND STRIKES 175682 | 355 |
ii The Suppression of the Weavers Societies 175860 | 361 |
THE MANUFACTURING Poor | 384 |
EARLY SPINNING MACHINERY | 411 |
THE INTRODUCTION OF THE FLY SHUTTLE | 449 |
THE SUCCESS OF SPINNING MACHINERY | 472 |
AppENDIx PAGE | 509 |
534 | |
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The Cotton Trade and Industrial Lancashire, 1600-1780 Alfred P. Wadsworth,Julia De Lacy Mann Limited preview - 1965 |
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