| The Rise and Fall of the Scottish Cotton Industry, 1778-1914: 'The Secret Spring' Contributor(s): Cooke, Anthony (Author) |
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ISBN: 0719080827 ISBN-13: 9780719080821 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $123.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Business & Economics | Industries - Fashion & Textile Industry - Business & Economics | Economic History |
| Dewey: 338.476 |
| LCCN: 2010398878 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (1.20 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Cultural Region - Scottish - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |