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The 'Industrial Crisis' of the English Textile Towns
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Abstract of a paper on the causes of the economic crisis in the traditional English textile manufacturing centers during the period between 1290 and 1340 CE. Full paper on PDF files. Author: John H. Munro.
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The Textile Industry
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Concise description of the textile industry as a family enterprise before the Industrial Revolution. Links to textile inventors, brief history of the cotton industry, and chronology of textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution. From The Open Door web site.
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of the English Textile Towns
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Paper arguing that the industrial crisis of the traditional English textile towns during the period 1290-1340 was caused by a far reaching economic crisis afflicting their major cloth markets in the Mediterranean basin, rather then the emergence of supposedly superior, lower-cost rural competition. Author: John H. Munro. Text abstract. Full text on PDF document.
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Industrial Energy from Water Mills in the European Economy
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Comprehensive study analysing the economic implications and consequences of the application of the water-mill, and their impact on European economic history up to the Industrial Revolution era in the fields of mining, metallurgy and textiles. Author: John H. Munro.
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Lancashire Textile Project
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History of the steam driven weaving industry in the North West of England. Includes pictures and transcripts of interviews with those involved in the industry.
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