The Rise and Fall of the Scottish Cotton Industry, 1778-1914 - 'The Secret Spring' (Hardcover)

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 Scotland's premier industry during the Industrial Revolution and this book will be wlecomed by specialists, students and interested readers alike. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2010
First published:	2010
Authors:	Anthony Cooke
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-7190-8082-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Manufacturing industries > Textile industries Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	0-7190-8082-7
Barcode:	9780719080821

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