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050 00 $aHD9861.7.L35$bT48 1993
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100 1 $aTimmins, Geoffrey.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79135678
245 14 $aThe last shift :$bthe decline of handloom weaving in nineteenth-century Lancashire /$cGeoffrey Timmins.
260 $aManchester ;$aNew York :$bManchester University Press ;$aNew York :$bDistributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press,$c[1993], ©1993.
300 $axi, 253 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 189-199) and index.
505 0 $aTechnological change during British industrialisation. Sectoral studies of domestic outwork. The cotton industry and outwork -- 1. The changing balance in weaving technology: an overview. The rise of the powerloom. The demise of hand weaving -- 2. The economic importance of hand weaving in the early nineteenth century. Numbers of handloom weavers. Geographical variation. Impact on settlement formation -- 3. The nature of the hand weaving labour force. The emergence of the specialist weaver. The change to cotton weaving -- 4. The onset of decline in cotton hand weaving. The impact of the mid-1830s trade upturn. Intra-regional variation -- 5. The survival of hand weaving in the mid-Victorian period. Overall numbers and dependency. Age/sex distribution -- 6. The means of survival. Hand weavers and family income. Type of fabric -- 7. Mid-Victorian hand weavers: reasons for survival. Historiographical issues. New perspectives -- App. A1. Computing hand weaver numbers in early nineteenth century Lancashire.
505 8 $aApp. A2. Computing hand weaver numbers in mid-Victorian Lancashire -- App. A3. Statistical techniques.
650 0 $aHandloom industry$zEngland$zLancashire$xHistory$y19th century.
852 00 $boff,glx$hHD9861.7.L35$iT48 1993