'Structure of the British cotton industry, 1846-1914' in A Okochi & S Yonekawa (eds), The Textile Industry and its Business Climate
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- Author(s) Farnie, Douglas A
- Publication type Chapter
- Year published 1982
- Pages pp45-86
- Publisher University of Tokyo Press
- Place Published Tokyo
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Provides an overview of the changing structure of the industry with sections on: 'The uniqueness of the British cotton industry and its reflection in the mirror of scholarship'; 'Growth of the industry's markets'; 'The extension in supply of the factors of production'; 'The expansion of the ancilliary trades' - mill building, textile machinery; 'Transformation of Oldham into the hub of the spinning industry'; 'The influence of competition upon the structure of industry'; 'The amalgamation movement of 1898-1900'; 'The unique achievement of J & P Coats of Paisley'