The Lancashire Cotton Famine, 1861-1865
Details:
- Author(s) Henderson, W O
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1969
- Pages 2nd ed; 198pp
- Publisher Manchester University Press
- Place Published Manchester
Topics:
- Name Geopolitical event, natural disaster, etc, impact on business inc end of empire, war, disease, catastrophe, etc, exc industrial conflict
- Name Worker / employee welfare inc working conditions, compensation, etc
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
First published 1934. Reprinted 1969 with additional chapters covering Scotland and Europe. Derived from doctoral thesis. Has chapters: 'Lancashire cotton industry in 1860'; 'Commercial aspects of the cotton famine'; 'Cotton supply'; 'Relief of distress in Lancashire'; 'The Lancashire cotton operatives during the famine'; 'The cotton famine in Scotland and the relief of distress, 1862-64'; 'The cotton famine on the Continent, 1861-64'