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Manchester and the Age of the Factory The Business Structure of Cottonopolis in the Industrial Revolution

272 Pages

by Routledge

272 Pages

by Routledge

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Manchester and the Age of the Factory (originally published in 1988 and now with a new preface by the authors) focuses on Manchester, the world’s first industrial city, and its transformation into ‘Cottonopolis.’ The book explores the contribution of the factory and the firm to the business structure and political economy of ‘Cottonopolis’. The factory is not examined in isolation but in terms... Read more

1. Introduction 2. The Factory and the Industrial Revolution 3. The Business Structure of Manchester in 1815 4. From Factory to Warehouse: The Warehouse System and the Yarn Market in Manchester 5. Schisms in the Cotton Trade: The Political Economy of Factory and Warehouse 6. In Defence of the Factory 7. The Growth of Cottonopolis: Manchester’s Business System, c. 1815–1825 8. The Business Community and Political Economy in Manchester, c. 1815–1825 9. The Modern Sector: The Metal, Chemical and Finishing Trades in Manchester 10. Business Strategy and the Firm in the Industrial Revolution

Author(s)

Biography

Roger Lloyd-Jones

M.J. Lewis

Critics' Reviews

Reviews of the first publication:

‘This is an admirable and important book…The book deserves a wide readership, not only among historians of business and technology but among historians and economists generally.’

— R.K. Webb, Technology and Culture

‘…an exceptionally interesting, scholarly, and stimulating book.’

— Kristine Bruland, Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies