The Cotton Trade and Industrial Lancashire, 1600-1780 |
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Contents
CHAP | 3 |
CHAP | 28 |
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY CAPITALISM | 29 |
ii A Network of Middlemen | 36 |
iii Small Masters and Journeymen | 49 |
FIRST STEPS IN THE TRANSITION TO THE FACTORY SYSTEM | 97 |
INDIAN INFLUENCES ON THE COTTON TRADE | 111 |
THE BEGINNINGS OF CALICO PRINTING | 129 |
THE TRANSITION TO INDUSTRIAL CAPITALISM | 284 |
CHAP | 298 |
THE INDUSTRIAL POPULATION | 311 |
THE WEAVERS OF MANCHESTER | 324 |
i The Dutch Loom Weavers | 333 |
THE BEGINNINGS OF TRADE UNIONISM | 340 |
ii The Lancashire Weavers Combinations | 355 |
THE MANUFACTURING POOR | 384 |
THE EXPORT TRADE IN COTTON GOODS | 145 |
THE COTTON INDUSTRY BETWEEN 1740 AND 1780 | 170 |
THE FRENCH COTTON INDUSTRY AND ITS RELATIONS WITH | 193 |
BOOK III | 209 |
iii The Beginnings of the Canal | 220 |
ii The Raw Materials | 232 |
MANCHESTER MERCHANTS AND MANUFACTURERS | 241 |
THE COUNTRY MANUFACTURERS | 261 |
ii The Defences of the Employer | 395 |
EARLY SPINNING MACHINERY | 411 |
THE INTRODUCTION OF THE FLY SHUTTLE | 449 |
THE SUCCESS OF SPINNING MACHINERY | 472 |
iii The Carding Machine in Lancashire | 486 |
APPENDIX PAGE | 509 |
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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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