The Gregs of Quarry Bank Mill: The Rise and Decline of a Family Firm, 1750-1914

by A. Ed. Rose and Mary B. Rose

This is a study of an important family business, set firmly within the wider context of English society during the period of industrialisation. Established at a time of predominantly small-scale business organisation, the firm of Samuel Greg & Co. soon emerged as one of the very few giants within the cotton industry, and the reasons for this unusual growth provide valuable insights into the nature of English industrial activity during the Industrial...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521323827
• ISBN13: 9780521323826
• Release Date: June 1986
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"