
Lancashire Textiles
Caroline Miles(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 2. April 1968
Book
Paperback/Softback
136 pages
978-0-521-07286-1 (ISBN)
Description
First published in 1968, this paper deals with changes in the Lancashire textile industry after the mid-1950s. The decline of cotton, with its repercussions on the economy of England, has tended to obscure more positive developments, mostly related to man-made-fibre textiles. The study contains a detailed analysis of the working of the 1959 Cotton Industry Act, which was designed to accelerate rationalisation and re-equipment. The intentions of the Act are discussed, and a statistical picture of the changes in the structure of the industry is given. The paper discusses the nature of industrial change and its measurement. It describes the technology of textile manufacture and analyses the possibilities for technical progress. The paper ends with a look at the impact of the decline of the cotton industry on the economy of the north-west.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
209 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-07286-1 (9780521072861)
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Content
Introduction; 1. The framework of the study; 2. Textile processed and technology; 3. Developments in the industry 1945-59; 4. The 1959 Cotton Industry Act; 5. Some comments on the Act; 6. The Lancashire textile industry; Appendices.