SAMUEL OLDKNOW AND THE ARKWRIGHTS
Written by George Unwin, Arthur Hulme, George Taylor, W.H. Chaloner
Published by Augustus M. Kelley
in 1968
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
- INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
SAMUEL OLDKNOW AND THE ARKWRIGHTS
Written by George Unwin, Arthur Hulme, George Taylor, W.H. Chaloner.
Stock no. 2132571
1968.
Hardback.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The Industrial Revolution in Marple & Stockport. A classic in economic history, this book was first published in 1924. Now in this volume, it has been re-issued with a second preface and emendations by Chaloner. Wrapper is faded to spine with some edge-creasing; surface paper damage to base of spine.
Front cover
Contents
- Preface to the First Edition
- Preface to the Second Edition
- List of the Most Important Records found at Marple
- CHAP
- 1 Muslin Making at Anderton
- 2 The Industrial Revolution at Stockport
- 3 The Handloom Weavers at Stockport and Anderton by G Taylor
- 4 The London Warehouseman
- 5 The Yarn Problem: Negotiations with Arkwright
- 6 The Crisis of 1787-88
- 7 Expansion and Decline of the Muslin Manufacture, by G Taylor and G Unwin
- 8 Spinning Mills at Stockport, 1788-91
- 9 The Estate at Mellor and Marple, by A Hulme
- 10 The Crisis of 1792-93: Oldknow and Drinkwater
- 11 Community Building at Marple and the Apprentices
- 12 Oldknow's Paper Money
- 13 Mellor Mill at Work
- 14 High Farming at Mellor
- 15 The Marple Lime Kilns
- 16 Roads and Bridges: Peak Forest Canal
- 17 Samuel Oldknow: The Man and his Work
- APPENDICES
- INDEX