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HISTORY OF THE HUDDERSFIELD WOOLLEN INDUSTRY

by William B. Crump; Gertrude Ghorbal

Published by S.R. Publishers Ltd.. 1st thus. 1967

Very good condition. Reprint of the 1935 edition. Grey cloth boards, black titles. B/w photos. 132 pages.

A few light grubby marks and discolouration to boards. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean.

Stock no. 1830726

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Contents

  • I. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE PENNINE WOOLLEN INDUSTRY
  • II. THE PHYSICAL SETTING: MILLSTONE GRITS AND COAL MEASURES
  • ALMONDBURY AND THE DOMESTIC INDUSTRY
  • III. THE RISE OF THE INDUSTRY: 1300-1500
  • IV. THE YEOMAN CLOTHIER: HIS TOOLS AND HIS TRADE, 1500-1700
  • V. THE NEW LANDED GENTRY AND THE FULLING MILLS
  • VI. THE CLOTHIER'S HOME
  • VII. THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY TO 1760
  • HUDDERSFIELD AND THE CHANGE TO MODERN CONDITIONS
  • VIII. THE TRANSFORMATION AFTER 1760; THE SCRIBBLING MILL
  • IX. THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY
  • (1) Steam Engine
  • (2) Reservoir and Canal
  • (3) Evolution of the Warehouse
  • X. THE MERCHANT MANUFACTURER AND THE FACTORY
  • XI. THE CLOTH HALL AND THE HUDDERSFIELD MARKET
  • XII. TO THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851
  • APPENDIX

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