Coal and Tobacco : the Lowthers and the Economic Development of West Cumberland, 1660-1760 / J.V. Beckett.
Economic historians have long appreciated the important role of the Lowther family in the developing Whitehaven from a tiny fishing village into a flourishing industrial centre. In Coal and Tobacco, Dr Beckett has attempted, by analysing the west Cumberland economy, and the Lowther's entreprene...
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1981.
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