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The Handloom Weavers

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'No other group of workers in the history of the English working-class has received more sympathy and less scholarly attention than the handloom weavers of the Lancashire cotton industry during the Industrial Revolution.' Mr Bythell's is a detailed study of this important group. His aim is to examine the transition from the domestic system to the factory system in cotton weaving in the first half of the nineteenth century. He provides detailed information on the geographical distribution of handloom weaving, the size and structure of the labour force, the varying history of employment, wages and standard of life, the efforts made by the weavers to alleviate their distress through industrial and political action, and their final displacement and disappearance. The results of his research enable Mr Bythell to challenge several of the generally accepted views about the weavers.

Problems and sources
The organization of the industry
The labour force
The coming of the powerloom
Wages: (I) The piece-rate
Wages: (II) Earnings and the standard of living
Public opinion and the handloom weavers
Organized industrial action among the cotton handloom weavers
The weavers and radical politics
The problem of poverty
Displacement and disappearance
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ISBN: 9780521071505
ISBN-10: 052107150X
Audience: Tertiary; University or College
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 320
Published: 1st August 2008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Dimensions (cm): 21.6 x 14.0  x 1.8
Weight (kg): 0.41