The last shift : the decline of handloom weaving in nineteenth-century Lancashire / Geoffrey Timmins.

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press, c1993.

xi,253p. : ill., maps, plans ; 24cm.

Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Charts and assesses the decline of handloom weaving in Lancashire in the 19th century, taking into account evidence from various sources that indicate that steam-powered mechanization was, in fact, confined to only a few economic sectors. Comparative material from other countries is used.

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