The Cotton and Textiles Industry: Managing Decline: Case Studies in Industrial History

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John F. Wilson (Northumbria University, UK) Steven Toms (University of Leeds, UK)

The Cotton and Textiles Industry

Managing Decline: Case Studies in Industrial History

John F. Wilson (Northumbria University, UK), Steven Toms (University of Leeds, UK), Nicholas Wong (Northumbria University, UK)

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Routledge
12 February 2021

Industry & industrial studies

Series: Routledge Focus on Industrial History

This shortform book presents key peer-reviewed research on industrial history. In selecting and contextualising this volume, the editors address how the field of textile history has evolved.

Themes covered include entrepreneurial, technological and labour history, whilst the book highlights the strategic and social consequences of innovations in the history of this key UK sector.

Of interest to business and economic historians, this shortform book also provides analysis and illustrative case-studies that will be valuable reading across the social sciences.

Edited by: John F. Wilson (Northumbria University UK), Steven Toms (University of Leeds, UK), Nicholas Wong (Northumbria University, UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 260g
ISBN: 9780367715885
ISBN 10: 0367715880
Series: Routledge Focus on Industrial History
Pages: 102
Publication Date: 12 February 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: Volume five: contribution and key findings 1. Capital Ownership, Capital Structure and Capital Markets: Financial Constraints and Decline in the Lancashire Cotton Textile Industry, 1880-1965 David Higgins and Steven Toms 2. Quiet Successes and Loud Failures: The UK Textile Industries in the Interwar Years Sue Bowden and David Higgins 3. The Decline of the UK Textile Industry: The Terminal Years 1945-2003 Allan Ormerod

John F. Wilson is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Business and Law) at Northumbria University at Newcastle. He was the founding editor of the Journal of Industrial History. Steven Toms is Professor of Accounting at the University of Leeds, UK. Nicholas D. Wong is Vice-Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, UK.