The Cotton and Textile Industry: Innovation and Maturity: Case Studies in Industrial History

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John F. Wilson Steven Toms

The Cotton and Textile Industry

Innovation and Maturity: Case Studies in Industrial History

John F. Wilson, Steven Toms, Nicholas D. Wong

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Routledge
29 January 2021

Economics of industrial organisation; Research & development management; Operational research; Engineering: general; Environmental science, engineering & technology

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, Steven Toms, Nicholas D. Wong
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 240g
ISBN: 9780367024130
ISBN 10: 0367024136
Series: Routledge Focus on Industrial History
Pages: 90
Publication Date: 29 January 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction; 1 Growth, Profits and Technological Choice: The Case of the Lancashire Cotton Textile Industry; 2 Ring and Mule Spinning in the Nineteenth Century: A Technological Perspective; 3 Industrial Relations and Technical Change: Profits, Wages and Costs in the Lancashire Cotton Industry, 1880–1914

John F. Wilson is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Business and Law) at Northumbria University at Newcastle, UK. 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.