The Cotton Trade and Industrial Lancashire, 1600-1780 |
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Contents
By J DE L MANN | 109 |
THE EXPORT TRADE IN COTTON GOODS | 145 |
THUS COTTON INDUSTRY BETWEEN 1740 AND 1780 | 170 |
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 or 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 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Cotton Trade and Industrial Lancashire, 1600-1780 Volume 7 of Economic history series Publications of the University of Manchester Publications of the University of Manchester: Economic history series Issue 7 of Publications. Economic history series, Victoria University of Manchester |
| Authors | Alfred P. Wadsworth, Julia De Lacy Mann |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Manchester University Press, 1931 |
| Length | 539 pages |
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