Industry before the Industrial Revolution. North east Lancashire, c1500-1640
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- Author(s) Swain, John T
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1986
- Pages 235pp; illus
- Publisher Manchester University Press for Chetham Society
- Place Published Manchester
Topics:
- Name Production of goods & services - methods & organisation
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Draws on the writer's doctoral thesis, 'Industry and Economy in North East Lancashire, circa 1500-1640', Cambridge University, 1983. Explores 'the role played by industry in the economy of north east Lancashire during the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries', notably its extent and its role in shaping later industrial developments. Focuses woollen cloth production, coal extraction. Touches on pro-industrialisation. Chapters include: 'Demography'; 'Agriculture'; 'Lordship'; 'Landholding, wealth and poverty'; 'Cloth manufacture'; 'Coal mining'; 'Other industries and occupations'