Explorations: Wheeling and Dealing: The nature and effects of power-loom weaving
Duration: 24 mins 47 secs
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Background to Channel 4 'The Day the World Took Off', shown in 2000. With thanks to Windfall Films.
In a conversation between George Wrigley and Simon Schaffer, the work in a power loom cotton mill is discussed and the effects of the introduction of factory production of cotton is analysed. This is shown against a background of re-constructed mechanical cotton looms in Lancashire, England. |
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| Created: | 2018-03-08 17:17 |
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| Collection: | A History of the World (The Day the World Took Off) |
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge |
| Copyright: | Prof Alan Macfarlane |
| Language: | eng (English) |
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