Lancashire Cotton Operatives and Work, 1900-1950
Subtitle: A Social History of Lancashire Cotton Operatives in the Tweintieth Century (Modern Economic and Social History)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: May 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780754601166
Subjects: History; Lancashire; Economic conditions; Business/Economics; Modern - 20th Century; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Industries - Textile Industry; Industries - General; England; British & Irish history: from c 1900 -; Manufacturing industries; Social history; Trade unions; Work & labour; Lancashire (England); 20th century; Cotton manufacture; Cotton trade
First sentence: The Lancashire cotton industry began to rise to prominence in the mid-eighteenth century and continued to be influential until the middle of the twentieth century.