Lancashire: A Social History, 1558-1939

by John K. Walton

Book Overview

If England was 'the first industrial nation', Lancashire was emphatically the first industrial county the first to develop, over a wide area, the combination of steam-powered factory industry and urban sprawl which says 'Industrial Revolution' to most people. It was also one the first fully industrialised areas to experience catastrophic economic decline in the inter-war years. Much has been written about particular aspects of the Lancashire industrial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719017017
• ISBN13: 9780719017018
• Release Date: May 1988
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"