Lancashire Textiles

This paper examines changes in the Lancashire textile industry after the mid-1950s.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The framework of the study; 2. Textile processed and technology; 3. Developments in the industry 1945-59; 4. The 1959 Cotton Industry Act; 5. Some comments on the Act; 6. The Lancashire textile industry; Appendices.

Summary

This paper examines changes in the Lancashire textile industry after the mid-1950s. It contains an analysis of the 1959 Cotton Industry Act, designed to accelerate rationalisation and re-equipment. The intentions of the Act are discussed, and a statistical picture of the changes in the structure of the industry is given.

Product details

• Authors: Miles, Caroline Miles, Miles Caroline
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.04.1968
• EAN: 9780521072861
• ISBN: 978-0-521-07286-1
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 81 mm
• Weight: 2110 g
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparati
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General