The Early History of the English Woollen Industry (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Early History of the English Woollen Industry (Classic Reprint) written by W. J. Ashley and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Early History of the English Woollen Industry The following essay has grown out of a paper read before the Oxford Economic Society in the J annary of this year. It deals with a strictly limited sub ject it does not, save incidentally, touch the history of the raw material, its production, quality and price; nor that of the finished article after it has passed into the hands of the dealers. It is with the inter mediate stages that we are here concerned - the posi tion, organization, relations among themselves, of those actually engaged in the manufacture. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.