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This book tells the story of the cotton industry from its spectacular growth during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries to its devastating decline in the twentieth century.
Chris Aspin is a historian with a particular interest in textiles. Among his published works are a biography of James Hargreaves, inventor of the spinning jenny, and 'Lancashire, The first Industrial Society, a study of the social aspects of the industrial revolution.
The rise and fall of the cotton industry; Preparing the raw cotton; Spinning; Weaving; Finishing the cloth; Cotton's impact on the world; Social consequences; Further reading
