Author : Alan Bruce McCullough
Publisher : National Historic Sites, Parks Service
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015025262190
The Primary Textile Industry in Canada by Alan Bruce McCullough Pdf
This document discusses the following historical details of the industry: technological developments, 1750-1850 and 1850-1950; homespun cloth production; tariffs and finances and their effect on growth; labour working conditions; geographical distribution; structures; and the postwar industry. It also examines the physical legacy of the textile industry in Montreal, the eastern townships, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, Cornwall, Ontario, Almonte, Ontario, Cambridge, Ontario, Paris, Ontario, Toronto, Hamilton, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.