'No other group of workers in the history of the English
working-class has received more sympathy and less scholarly
attention than the handloom weavers of the Lancashire cotton
industry during the Industrial Revolution.' Mr Bythell's is a
detailed study of this important group. His aim is to examine the
transition from the domestic system to the factory system in cotton
weaving in the first half of the nineteenth century. He provides
detailed information on the geographical distribution of handloom
weaving, the size and structure of the labour force, the varying
history of employment, wages and standard of life, the efforts made
by the weavers to alleviate their distress through industrial and
political action, and their final displacement and disappearance.
The results of his research enable Mr Bythell to challenge several
of the generally accepted views about the weavers.
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