The Cotton Industry: Its Growth and Impact, 1600-1935 (World's Major Industries)

England: Thoemmes Press, 1999. Hardbound. Uniformly bound in mustard cloth. 9 volumes, 4536 pages in total. New. Item #124293
ISBN: 1855066092

This collection brings together a range of key sources on the cotton industry. Although it focuses on a critical period from the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century, developments during this period are placed in a broader historical context. Volume titles are: The Cotton Trade and Industrial Lancashire, 1600-1780 (reprinted1999 from the 1931 edition, 539 pp.); History of Cotton Manufacture in Great Britain (reprinted 1999 from the 1835 edition, 544 pp.); A History of The Machine Wrought Hosiery and Lace Manufactures (reprinted 1999 from the 1867 edition, 559 pp.); The Cotton Trade of Great Britain (reprinted 1999 from the 1886 edition); The Cotton Trade inn England and On The Continent (reprinted 1999 from the 1895 edition); The Lancashire Cotton Industry (reprinted 1999 from the 1904 edition); Cotton Goes To The Market (reprinted 1999 from the 19354 edition); Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens, 1700-1850 (reprinted 1999 from the 1970 edition); Entrepreneurs (1999). A vital set, some books never opened.

Price: $750.00