Tweedmakers. A history of the Scottish fancy woollen industry, 1600-1914

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Author(s) Gulvin, Clifford
Publication type Monograph
Year published 1973
Pages 240pp; illus
Publisher David & Charles
Place Published Newton Abbot

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Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Deals with the quality woollen cloth industry in Scotland, mostly notably in the Borders at Hawick and Galashiels . Has sections: 'Wool and cloth in Scotland before the Industrial Revolution, 1600-1770'; 'The formative years, 1770-1830'; 'The origins and growth of the tweed trade from 1830'; 'The means of expansion after 1830'; 'Tweeds in the changing international economy, 1880-1914'; 'Labour earnings and industrial relations'