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Explore the comprehensive history of the Scottish cotton industry with 'The Secret Spring' from Manchester University Press. This work serves as the first full-length history of the sector, tracing its development from the late eighteenth century through its decline before the First World War. The book provides a detailed chronological account while examining key themes including technology, capital, markets, and labor. By placing the industry within its broader economic and social contexts, this text addresses significant historiographical debates such as proto-industrialisation, the speed of industrial change, and the diffusion of technology. It is an essential resource for readers interested in business and economic history.

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This book provides the first full-length history of the Scottish cotton industry from 1778 to 1914.

Manchester University Press examines the industry through themes of technology, capital, markets, and labor.

The text places industrial developments within their broader economic and social contexts.

Readers can explore historical debates regarding proto-industrialisation and the speed of industrial change.

This volume tracks the industry from its late eighteenth-century beginnings to its decline before World War I.

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Release Date
30 March 2010
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09 June 2009

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