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The Triumph of Textiles: Industrial Dundee, C. 1700-1918

Name: The Triumph of Textiles: Industrial Dundee, C. 1700-1918
Brand: Edinburgh University Press
SKU: 9781399537810
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Contributors:

Christopher A. Whatley, Jim Tomlinson

Publisher:

Edinburgh University Press

Binding:

Hardcover

Book Category:

History

Book Subcategory:

Social History, Europe, Modern

Book Topic:

Great Britain, 18th Century

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Release Date:

2024-11-30

ISBN 13:

9781399537810

Weight:

1.33 lbs

Size:

9.21 x 6.14 x 0.69 inches

Pages:

304

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A fresh account of the remarkable rise of Dundee as a global industrial city - and the origins of its later demise. The background to jute, the product most closely associated with Dundee, is investigated in unprecedented depth. The role of flax and linen as foundations for the jute industry is emphasised.
The book challenges many perceptions of Dundee. Linen was as important to Dundee before c.1850 as jute was afterwards; the significance of jute pre-1850 has often been exaggerated by historians. Traditionally Dundee's success was attributed to the production of cheap coarse cloth for sacks, bagging etc. Yet many firms manufactured high quality, admiralty grade canvas, and colourful rugs and carpets in imitation of Brussels and other woollen floor coverings.
Design was important. So too were enterprising merchants and manufacturers from the early eighteenth century onwards. Although squalor and industrial and social conflict became the norm after the 1870s, prior to that Dundee was relatively buoyant economically, and greatly admired by visitors including those from as far afield as the US. In short, Dundee was one of Scotland's industrial powerhouses - a fact too often overlooked.

About the Author

Christopher Whatley is Professor of Scottish History at the University of Dundee where until recently he was also a Vice Principal and Head of the College of Arts and Social Sciences. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Jim Tomlinson is Professor in Economic & Social History at the University of Glasgow, and author of Managing the Economy, Managing the People. Narratives of British Economic Life from Beveridge to Brexit (Oxford University Press, 2017).

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