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The Early Factory Masters
The factory system of production began in Britain after Arkwright left Lancashire and found Midland backers in 1769. The earliest centres of the pioneer cotton industry were around Nottingham and Arkwright's second base and Cromford. This book traces the careers of the first generation of mill owners in the Midlands, examining their connections with the older hosiery industry, their family links, their recruitment of capital, industrial relations and community building.
Hosiery and Knitwear
Aedited by Stanley Chapman "Hosiery and knitwear is familiar as a traditional British industry of small-scale family firms. Close study of success and failure in firms and industries reveals that much can be ascribed to the culture of the business, the historical traditions that govern the minds of leaders despite changing fashions, markets, and technology. Some deeply-rooted but often unarticulated attitudes and assumptions existed for generations. This is a pioneer study which traces in rich detail the tensions between internal aspirations of leaders (craftsmanship, lifestyle, and supporting infrastructure) and external pressures (banks, wholesalers, chain store groups, and takeovers). some outsiders, mostly from the Continent, challenged the hereditary leadership and outlook, but not enough to compel the industry to change its course. The industry's history is traced from its beginnings in the early 1600s down to the end of the twentieth century."
Before the Unions
This volume examines a wide variety of collective and organized labour movements in what is arguably a distinct period in labour history. The approach is a comparative one, looking particularly at the United Kingdom, Germany, France and the Low Countries, but also at Western Europe in general.
The History of Working-class Housing: a Symposium
Compilation of social research papers on historical aspects of urban area housing and living conditions in respect of low income industrial workers in the UK - includes information on urbanization, the standard of living, population trends, rural migration, the construction industry, medical care, slum neighbourhoods, employment, wages and rents, etc., in london, glasgow, leeds, nottingham, birmingham, liverpool and ebbw vale. References and statistical tables.
