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10%OFFAnthony Cooke - The Rise and Fall of the Scottish Cotton Industry, 1778–1914: ´The Secret Spring´ - 9780719080821 - V9780719080821
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The Rise and Fall of the Scottish Cotton Industry, 1778–1914: ´The Secret Spring´

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Description for The Rise and Fall of the Scottish Cotton Industry, 1778–1914: ´The Secret Spring´ Hardback. This is the first full-length history of the Scottish cotton industry, from its beginnings in the late eighteenth century to its premature decline in the years leading up to the First World War. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Illustrations, colour. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTK; KNDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 544.

This is the first full-length history of the Scottish cotton industry, from its beginnings in the late eighteenth century to its premature decline in the years leading up to the First World War.

The book examines the industry chronologically and through themes such as precursors, technology, capital and employers, markets, labour and work, placed within their broader economic and scoial contexts. Its account of the cotton industry is set within important historiographical debates such as proto-industrialisation, the speed of industrial change, the diffusion of technology, the labour process, paternalism, workplace control, entrepreneurship and theories of industrial decline. Cotton was ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719080821
SKU
V9780719080821
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2

About Anthony Cooke
Anthony Cooke was formerly Senior Lecturer in Continuing Education, University of Dundee and Historical Consultant to Historic Scotland on the restoration of Stanley Mills, Perthshire -- .

Reviews for The Rise and Fall of the Scottish Cotton Industry, 1778–1914: ´The Secret Spring´
this is very good social and economic history (The rise and fall of the Scottish cotton industry) has clearly elaborated the multi-dimensional character of the Scottish textile industry Tony Cooke has made a notable contribution to our understanding of early industrialisation and its impact...This is a significant study very well written...an excellent study of the cotton industry ... Read more

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