'Textiles and regional economic decline. Northern Ireland. 1914-70' in Colin Holmes & Alan Booth (eds), Economy and Society. European industrialisation and its social consequences. Essays presented to Sidney Pollard

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Author(s) Ollerenshaw, Philip
Publication type Chapter
Year published 1991
Pages pp58-83
Publisher Leicester University Press
Place Published Leicester

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Name Business/Industry failure, decline, lack of success, etc: decline of industries
Name Government intervention exc legislation & regulation

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Library:

Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:

Deals with the decline of the linen industry - flax spinning, linen thread manufacturing, weaving, finishing piece goods, making up of household linen products - in north east Ireland, considering 1] long term structural problems and 2] particular issues associated with the decline including research, advertising and the relationship with government. Includes sections: 'Industrial structure and regional problems'; 'Research and advertising' [pp68-72]; 'Role of government' [pp72-9]