Re-Equipment as a Strategy for Survival in the Lancashire Spinning Industry, c.1945-c.1960

Textile History

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 211-234

  Higgins, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84974909257     PISSN: 00404969     EISSN: 17432952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/tex.1993.24.2.211     Document Type: Article

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