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Lancashire Cotton Operatives and Work, 1900-1950 - A Social History of Lancashire Cotton Operatives in the Twentieth Century (Paperback)
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Lancashire Cotton Operatives and Work, 1900-1950 - A Social History of Lancashire Cotton Operatives in the Twentieth Century (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Revivals
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This title was first published in 2003. The cotton industry was one
of the major motors that powered Britain's industrial development
from the mid-eighteenth century, contributing in no small way to
the revolution that was to transform Europe over the next hundred
years. The combination of technological developments, colonial
exploits and social transformation that all came together in the
Lancashire cotton industry provided a perfect example of how the
new world would function, its priorities and its ambitions. Into
this fast moving and fluid situation, were thrust the men, women
and children who formed the vast pool of labour necessary to keep
the spindles and looms running. It is their experiences above all,
that illuminates the history of the cotton industry, and how it
came to change the face of Britain through the nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries. In this study, Alan Fowler takes an in-depth
look at the Lancashire cotton industry through the prism of its
workers, their families and organisations. He argues that by 1850
the triumph of the factory system was complete, and the factory
operative a mainstay of a transformed society based on a new
economic order. With this increasingly important role in the new
economy came opportunities, which cotton workers were not slow to
grasp. Crucial to the history of the Lancashire cotton operatives
were the collective organisations they established which forced
employers and government to treat with them. By the beginning of
the twentieth century these organisations had managed to raise
wages, improve working conditions, reduce working hours, establish
the right to holidays, and force the introduction of factory
legislation. This book explores how these victories were won and
the impact they had on the industry and wider society.
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