Furness and the Industrial Revolution. An economic history of Furness (1711-1900) and the town of Barrow (1757-1897); with an epilogue

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Reprinted 1981. Scholarly account of the economic and social development of Furness but greatly focused on industrial development and associated transport. Also much about population; social organisations; local government; social conditions; trade unions. Based on doctoral thesis which has been significantly edited and extended. Arranged in two parts: 1] 'Furness industry and society before the railway age' - rise of charcoal iron industry; slate, copper and textile industries in late 18th and early 19th centuries; agriculture and woodland industries; roads and shipping; Part 2: 'Victorian years - transport, towns and metals' - 'Genesis of the Furness Railway'; 'the railway and the iron field, 1846-61'; 'iron and steel and railway progress, 1861-70'; 'Capital, labour and industrial development'