Suchergebnisse

This book is the first comprehensive account of the wool trade through the whole of the medieval period. Within England it is concerned with the production and marketing of wool and with the ways in which the wool trade influenced the economic and political fortunes of different sectors of society. It describes and analyses in detail each of the periods of growth and decline in the export market. As well as explaining changes in the volume of trade it offers the first attempt to portray the distribution of the trade among individual merchants. As the scene widens Mr. Lloyd explains how England's relations with other European powers were influenced by mutual interest in the state of the wool trade. Another major theme is the influence which the export of wool exerted on England's economy as a whole

1 broadside. ; "Yeuen [sic] at our Manour of Greenwich the x. of August, in the fourth yeere of our raigne. Anno.M.D.LXII." ; Date of publication suggested by STC (2nd ed.). ; "Cum priuilegio Regiæ Maiestatis." ; Formerly STC 7953--Cf. STC (2nd ed.). ; Reproduction of original in the British Library.

This book analyses the sources of finance used in the Yorkshire wool textile sector during a period of rapid expansion, considerable technical change and the gradual transformation from domestic and workshop production to factory industry. Although there has been much recent debate about capital investment proportions and their sources nationally, there is no other study of a region or section capable of testing various hypotheses current in the general literature of the British 'industrial revolution'. How was capital amassed in proto-industry? How important were merchants in building factories? What role did landowners and the local banking sector? What influence did trade credit and fluctuations in trade credit have on the expansion of productive enterprise? How important was reinvestment and what determined both profitability and the extent to which it was ploughed back into business? The answers to these questions have value for all students of the industrialisation process, whilst the detailed material on Yorkshire is of interest for local study and provides a model of the questions which could be asked in other similar regional studies of the future

[8] p. ; Caption title. ; Attributed by Wing to George Carew. ; Dated on p. 8: April 13, 1675. ; Imprint suggested by Wing. ; Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

[2], 34, 13-36 p. ; A true lover of His Majesty = William Carter. ; A reissue, with added title page and quires ² C-² E, and with colophon (¹B2) cancelled, of the 1669 edition of: Englands glory. ; Formerly Wing C674. ; "Some collections of Sir Walter Rawleys presented to King James, taken out of his remains, discovering Englands loss for want of due improvement of its native commodities" has caption title; pagination begins with 13, and register begins with ² C1. ; Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

ABSTRACTIn common with most other agricultural products, wool contains residues of pesticidal substances. Until about 1985, the use of organochlorine pesticides for the treatment of sheep was common practice in some countries (including the UK), but the pesticides used now are usually organophosphates or synthetic pyrethroids.The pesticides appear in the effluent from the wool‐scouring (washing) process, which is normally discharged to sewer, with or without partial treatment to remove wool grease. It is shown that the concentrations of organochlorine pesticides in rivers draining the regions of the UK where wool‐scouring activity is highest, have fallen substantially since 1985.Environmental quality standards have recently been proposed for the organophosphates most commonly used for sheep treatments. Even if wool sources apply the best available techniques for treating their effluent before discharge to sewer, these standards may be unachievable unless means can be found of reducing the average concentrations of organophosphates present in raw wool.

1 sheet ([1] p.) ; Imprint from Wing. ; Signed: John Browne, Cler. Parliamentorum. H. Elsyng Cler. Parl. Dom. Com. ; Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Through the study of a regional industry, the book illustrates the impact of an expanding national market on a previously isolated market, offering new insights into a pioneer industry in the West and into the business methods and procedures of the time. The book discusses the growth of a myriad of small processing and manufacturing plants which drew raw materials from, and geared production and sales to that local economy, enjoying as they did, protection from eastern competitors who were saddled with high freight rates. The book demonstrates that once urbanization occurred in the region, bri