Dunfermline linen : an outline history
Dunfermline (Scotland). District Council. Dunfermline District Libraries1986
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This small publication provides an outline account of the history of what was for so long Dunfermline's staple industry and to provide something of a starting point for anyone wishing to research further into any aspect of its development. It comprises of a brief introduction followed by sections under the following headings: The Scottish Linen Trade, Early Years of the Linen Trade in Dunfermline, Organisation, Growth, Weaving Society, Industrial Conflict, Competition with the Power-Loom, The End of the Hand-Loom Trade, Changes, Expansion and Decline. It concludes with a small 'Select Bibliography'
Main title:
Edition:
New ed.
Imprint:
16 : Dunfermline District Libraries, 1986.
Collation:
8p. ; 21 cm
Notes:
includes bibliography
Dewey class:
677.116
Local class:
D/LIB
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3422579