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SAMUEL OLDKNOW AND THE ARKWRIGHTS

by George Unwin; Arthur Hulme; George Taylor; W.H. Chaloner

Published by Augustus M. Kelley. 1968

Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. The Industrial Revolution in Marple & Stockport. A classic in economic history, this book was first published in 1924. Now in this volume, it has been re-issued with a second preface and emendations by Chaloner.

Wrapper is faded to spine with some edge-creasing; surface paper damage to base of spine.

Stock no. 2132571

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Contents

  • Preface to the First Edition
  • Preface to the Second Edition
  • List of the Most Important Records found at Marple
  • CHAP
  • 1 Muslin Making at Anderton
  • 2 The Industrial Revolution at Stockport
  • 3 The Handloom Weavers at Stockport and Anderton by G Taylor
  • 4 The London Warehouseman
  • 5 The Yarn Problem: Negotiations with Arkwright
  • 6 The Crisis of 1787-88
  • 7 Expansion and Decline of the Muslin Manufacture, by G Taylor and G Unwin
  • 8 Spinning Mills at Stockport, 1788-91
  • 9 The Estate at Mellor and Marple, by A Hulme
  • 10 The Crisis of 1792-93: Oldknow and Drinkwater
  • 11 Community Building at Marple and the Apprentices
  • 12 Oldknow's Paper Money
  • 13 Mellor Mill at Work
  • 14 High Farming at Mellor
  • 15 The Marple Lime Kilns
  • 16 Roads and Bridges: Peak Forest Canal
  • 17 Samuel Oldknow: The Man and his Work
  • APPENDICES
  • INDEX

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