Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables
- List of Illustrations
- Note on Dates
- Preface
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 THE LOWTHERS: LANDOWNING-ENTREPRENEURS
- 2 COAL: MONOPOLY AND COMPETITION
- 3 COAL: THE STRUCTURE OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY
- 4 THE EXPANSION OF TRADE
- 5 THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRY
- 6 COMMUNICATIONS
- 7 CREATING NEW TOWNS: URBAN GROWTH
- CONCLUSION
- Appendix 1 The Lowther Family
- Appendix 2 Sir James Lowther's Investments
- APPENDIX 3 The Lowthers' Land Transactions
- Appendix 4 Colliery Figures
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables
- List of Illustrations
- Note on Dates
- Preface
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 THE LOWTHERS: LANDOWNING-ENTREPRENEURS
- 2 COAL: MONOPOLY AND COMPETITION
- 3 COAL: THE STRUCTURE OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY
- 4 THE EXPANSION OF TRADE
- 5 THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRY
- 6 COMMUNICATIONS
- 7 CREATING NEW TOWNS: URBAN GROWTH
- CONCLUSION
- Appendix 1 The Lowther Family
- Appendix 2 Sir James Lowther's Investments
- APPENDIX 3 The Lowthers' Land Transactions
- Appendix 4 Colliery Figures
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Coal and TobaccoThe Lowthers and the Economic Development of West Cumberland, 1660–1760, pp. viiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1981