Coventry in Crisis, 1858-1863. Ribbon factory, free trade and strike
Details:
- Author(s) Searby, Peter
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1977
- Pages 17pp; illus
- Publisher Historical Association, Coventry Branch, & Warwick University
- Place Published Coventry
Topics:
- Name Worker / employee & industrial relations inc conflict, negotiation, demarcation, perogative, etc
- Name Trade protection inc non tariff
- Name Worker / employee wages & remuneration
Countries:
Library:
- Name Coventry History Centre
- City Coventry
- County West Midlands
- Country England
- Postcode CV1 5QP
- Visit Coventry History Centre's website
Groups:
Notes:
Much based on the writer's doctoral thesis 'Weavers and freemen in Coventry, 1820-1861', Warwick, 1972. Deals with the silk ribbon making industry, its boom and decline, impact of free trade / foreign competition, notably impact on workers and their response