Textile Business in Europe During the First World War

The Linen Industry, 1914–18

Bibliographic Data

ID8420647
AuthorsPhilip Ollerenshaw (a University of the West of England , Bristol, corresponding author)
Year1999
Volume41
Issue1
Pages63-87
Publication date1999-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBusiness History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-6791 • E-ISSN: 1743-7938
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00076799900000202
OpenAlexW1995458712
LanguageEN
Citations received3

Focusing on government–business relations, this article contributes to the business history of the First World War. It examines how the linen industry was organised to meet military demand in both continental Europe and the UK. The German occupation of Belgium and northern France, and the consequent exploitation of raw material and manufacturing capacity, is an important theme. The article considers how the UK and Russia organised linen production and the role of establised Anglo-Russian commercial networks (including accountary firms) in facilitating wartime trade. Of major significance during the war was Trading with the Enemy legislation, and the article examines this in some detail before going on to look at the impact of government policy on the labour market at regional level. The article concludes that the war created new problems for the industry which contributed further to its secular decline

Adversary · Business history · Economic history · Economics · Economy · First world war · German · Government (linguistics · International trade · Legislation · Market economy · Political science · Spanish Civil War · Textile industry · Theme (computing · World War II · European Political History Analysis · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact

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