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- Title
Weavers of profit: terminating building societies in Lancashire, 1780-1840.
- Authors
Hart, Rosine
- Abstract
Numerous handloomweavers' cottages in Lancashirewere constructed by terminating building societies. Given their numbers, it is evident that the role of such societies in the regional socio-economic context has been understated. Identifying their membership reveals that these were not self-help schemes to enable artisans to own their own homes, but rather that they offered opportunities for those with surplus income to invest in tenanted properties at a time when the skills of the handloom weaver were at a premium. This provision was vital to Lancashire's burgeoning economy, and offered subscribers an additional source of income.
- Subjects
LANCASHIRE (England); ENGLAND; SOCIOECONOMICS; HANDLOOM industry; WEAVERS; ARTISANS -- Societies, etc.; SKILLED labor; SMALL houses; SOCIETIES
- Publication
Financial History Review, 2009, Vol 16, Issue 1, p27
- ISSN
0968-5650
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0968565009000031