British Cotton Industry and the Domestic Market. Trade and fashion in an early industrial society, 1750-1800
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- Author(s) Lemire, Beverly
- Publication type Dissertation, DPhil
- Year published 1984
- Publisher University of Oxford
- Place Published Oxford
Topics:
- Name Consumption, consumerism & associated ethics
- Name Information: distribution & use
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- Name Oxford University Libraries
- City Oxford
- County Oxfordshire
- Country England
- Postcode OX1 3BG
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Considers demand issues faced by the cotton goods production industry, namely c hanging consumer habits and the advent of a mass consumer society which, led by women, demanded/consumed mass produced, inexpensive and fashionable cotton textiles. Notably considers how demand was propelled by the distribution nationally of information by print on current fashions, informing a mass market of middle and working class consumers