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

by Christopher A. Whatley

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399537814
• ISBN13: 9781399537810
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 288 Pages