The story of textiles; a bird's-eye view of the history of the beginning and the growth of the industry by which mankind is clothed . ncashire wereengaged wholly in spinning and weaving, save during thefew weeks of harvest. And soon there were a numberof master [cotton-linen, fustian] manufacturers, as wellas many weavers who worked for manufacturers and atthe same time were holders of land or farmers. A few cottagers held no land and worked for manu-facturers, but many held small pieces of land and workedfor themselves. The situation had thus assumed a phasein which farming had become wholly
The story of textiles; a bird's-eye view of the history of the beginning and the growth of the industry by which mankind is clothed . ncashire wereengaged wholly in spinning and weaving, save during thefew weeks of harvest. And soon there were a numberof master [cotton-linen, fustian] manufacturers, as wellas many weavers who worked for manufacturers and atthe same time were holders of land or farmers. A few cottagers held no land and worked for manu-facturers, but many held small pieces of land and workedfor themselves. The situation had thus assumed a phasein which farming had become wholly subordinate to thetextile industry, although most of the weavers occupiedsmall parcels of land for which they were able to pay highrents by combining a little farming with much spinningand weaving. This relation between agriculture and the textile industrycontinued in a lessening degree until well into the firstquarter of the nineteenth century. From the beginningof the last quarter of the eighteenth century the growth ofthe factory system became more and more development first showed itself in a severance of the. BOWING OF COTTON, AS PRACTISED IN INDIA AND CHINA
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