'Emergence of mass production in the UK clothing industry' in I M Taplin & J Winterton (eds), Restructuring within a Labour Intensive Industry. The UK clothing industry in transition
Details:
- Author(s) Godley, Andrew
- Publication type Chapter
- Year published 1996
- Pages pp8-24
- Publisher Avebury
- Place Published Aldershot
Topics:
- Name Production of goods & services - methods & organisation
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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 changes in the methods of production of clothing and of regional specialization, both chronologically and geographically, identifying key changes occurring before 1907. Has sections: 'Production in the clothing industry - official statistics, 1907-1955'; 'Technology in the clothing industry - the sewing machine'; 'Employment in the UK clothing industry, 1851-1951'; 'Regional specialization in the clothing industry, 1851-1911'