Linen, Family, and Community in Tullylish, County Down, 1690-1914This microhistory of capitalist development examines a significant rural industrial region in the Bann Valley over two centuries, linking it to broader historical changes in Ireland, including the Cromwellian Settlement, proto-industry, the Great Famine, employer paternalism and working-class family and community life. |
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PREFACE 59 | 10 |
Contextualizing | 29 |
The Formation of an Elite Bloc | 39 |
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