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A History of the Cotton Industry

- A Story in Three Continents
Af: Anthony Burton Engelsk Hardback

A History of the Cotton Industry

- A Story in Three Continents
Af: Anthony Burton Engelsk Hardback
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This book is about technology and how it has changed the lives of people on three continents over the last three hundred years. The development of the cotton industry was the starting point for one of the great turning points in history – the industrial revolution. It began with the importation of cloth into Britain from India and that created a new fashion. As the demand for cotton cloth grew, British inventors began to find ways of making the same cloth using powered machinery and built the first cotton mills. The old way of life of the textile workers was transformed, as work moved from home to factory and thousands of small children were brought in to tend the new machines. If conditions in the cotton towns were bad, they were far worse in America where, thanks to the work of slaves, the country took over the supply of raw material from India. During the American Civil War, Britain turned again to India for its supplies. Today, positions have changed dramatically. India again has a thriving industry, while in Britain only a fraction of the old mills are still at work. The author looks in detail at the technology that produced the changes, but the emphasis is very much on the human stories of the industrialists and their workers, the planters and their slaves in Britain, India and America.
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This book is about technology and how it has changed the lives of people on three continents over the last three hundred years. The development of the cotton industry was the starting point for one of the great turning points in history – the industrial revolution. It began with the importation of cloth into Britain from India and that created a new fashion. As the demand for cotton cloth grew, British inventors began to find ways of making the same cloth using powered machinery and built the first cotton mills. The old way of life of the textile workers was transformed, as work moved from home to factory and thousands of small children were brought in to tend the new machines. If conditions in the cotton towns were bad, they were far worse in America where, thanks to the work of slaves, the country took over the supply of raw material from India. During the American Civil War, Britain turned again to India for its supplies. Today, positions have changed dramatically. India again has a thriving industry, while in Britain only a fraction of the old mills are still at work. The author looks in detail at the technology that produced the changes, but the emphasis is very much on the human stories of the industrialists and their workers, the planters and their slaves in Britain, India and America.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 200
ISBN-13: 9781399057318
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 1399057316
Kategori: Industrialisering og industrihistorie
Udg. Dato: 2 nov 2023
Længde: 21mm
Bredde: 242mm
Højde: 165mm
Forlag: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Oplagsdato: 2 nov 2023
Forfatter(e): Anthony Burton
Forfatter(e) Anthony Burton

Kategori Industrialisering og industrihistorie

ISBN-13 9781399057318

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 200

Udgave

Længde 21mm

Bredde 242mm

Højde 165mm

Udg. Dato 2 nov 2023

Oplagsdato 2 nov 2023

Forlag Pen & Sword Books Ltd

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