The factory system of production began in Britain after Arkwright left Lancashire and found Midland backers in 1769. The earliest centres of the pioneer cotton industry were around Nottingham and Arkwright's second base and Cromford. This book traces the careers of the first generation of mill owners in the Midlands, examining their connections with the older hosiery industry, their family links, their recruitment of capital, industrial relations and community building.
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Höhe: 147 mm
Breite: 224 mm
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978-0-7512-0078-2 (9780751200782)
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The domestic textile industry; the concentration of production up to 1769; the spinning-jenny and the evolution of the factory system; the impact of Arkwright; early factory masters - cotton-spinning; early factory masters - worsted-spinning; capital requirements and recruitment; the influence of mechanized spinning on the development of other industries; recruitment of labour for the mills; labour relations; the decline of the Midlands spinning industry.
