Reviews of the first publication:‘This is an admirable and important book…The book deserves a wide readership, not only among historians of business and technology but among historians and economists generally.’— R.K. Webb, Technology and Culture‘…an exceptionally interesting, scholarly, and stimulating book.’— Kristine Bruland, Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies

• 1. Introduction 2. The Factory and the Industrial Revolution 3. The Business Structure of Manchester in 1815 4. From Factory to Warehouse: The Warehouse System and the Yarn Market in Manchester 5. Schisms in the Cotton Trade: The Political Economy of Factory and Warehouse 6. In Defence of the Factory 7. The Growth of Cottonopolis: Manchester’s Business System, c. 1815–1825 8. The Business Community and Political Economy in Manchester, c. 1815–1825 9. The Modern Sector: The Metal, Chemical and Finishing Trades in Manchester 10. Business Strategy and the Firm in the Industrial Revolution

Reviews of the first publication:‘This is an admirable and important book…The book deserves a wide readership, not only among historians of business and technology but among historians and economists generally.’— R.K. Webb, Technology and Culture‘…an exceptionally interesting, scholarly, and stimulating book.’— Kristine Bruland, Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies

• 1. Introduction 2. The Factory and the Industrial Revolution 3. The Business Structure of Manchester in 1815 4. From Factory to Warehouse: The Warehouse System and the Yarn Market in Manchester 5. Schisms in the Cotton Trade: The Political Economy of Factory and Warehouse 6. In Defence of the Factory 7. The Growth of Cottonopolis: Manchester’s Business System, c. 1815–1825 8. The Business Community and Political Economy in Manchester, c. 1815–1825 9. The Modern Sector: The Metal, Chemical and Finishing Trades in Manchester 10. Business Strategy and the Firm in the Industrial Revolution

Reviews of the first publication:‘This is an admirable and important book…The book deserves a wide readership, not only among historians of business and technology but among historians and economists generally.’— R.K. Webb, Technology and Culture‘…an exceptionally interesting, scholarly, and stimulating book.’— Kristine Bruland, Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies

• 1. Introduction 2. The Factory and the Industrial Revolution 3. The Business Structure of Manchester in 1815 4. From Factory to Warehouse: The Warehouse System and the Yarn Market in Manchester 5. Schisms in the Cotton Trade: The Political Economy of Factory and Warehouse 6. In Defence of the Factory 7. The Growth of Cottonopolis: Manchester’s Business System, c. 1815–1825 8. The Business Community and Political Economy in Manchester, c. 1815–1825 9. The Modern Sector: The Metal, Chemical and Finishing Trades in Manchester 10. Business Strategy and the Firm in the Industrial Revolution