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The studies in this volume are a result of the Social Reconstruction Survey carried out by Nuffield College, Oxford between 1941 and 1944
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- PREFACE -- Table of Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter I. THE HOSIERY INDUSTRY -- Table 1. Output of Principal Products in Values, 1924-37 -- Table 2. Output of Principal Products in Quantities, 1924-37 -- Table 3. Principal Hosiery Products according to Materials Used -- Table 4. Geographical Distribution of Hosiery Industry, 1935 -- Table 5. Number and Size of Hosiery Firms in 1930 and 1935 -- Table 6. Insured Persons in the Hosiery Industry (Aged 16-64) -- Table 7. Main Hosiery Exports, 1924-38 -- Table 8. Main Exports in relation to Production -- Table 9. Main Hosiery Imports (Retained), 1924-38 -- Chapter II. THE LACE INDUSTRY -- Table 10. Leavers Section -- Table 11. Curtain Section -- Table 12. Total Output of Finished Lace -- Table 13. Value of Net Output -- Table 14. Output of Finished Lace, 1935 -- Table 15. Exports of British-made Lace Goods, 1929-38 -- Table 16. Exports of British-made Lace Goods to Principal Markets, 1929-38 -- Table 17. Male Operatives Employed in a Particular Week -- Table 18. Age Distribution of Skilled Workers, Hosiery and Lace Trades (1931) -- Table 19. Numbers Employed in a Particular Week -- Table 20. Numbers of Insured Workers, Aged 16-64, and Percentages Unemployed -- Table 21. Concentration of Industry (1942) Lace Firms and Machines remaining in Operation -- Chapter III. THE TWEED SECTION OF THE SCOTTISH WOOLLEN INDUSTRY -- Table 22. Geographical Distribution of Firms and Looms at 31st March, 1944 -- Table 23. Insured Workers in Tweed Manufacture in Border Towns -- Table 24. Size of Firms -- Table 25. Production and Exports of 24 Leading Manufacturers -- Table 26. Destinations of Exports of 24 Firms -- Chapter IV. THE HAT INDUSTRY
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Table 27. Estimated Numbers of Insured Persons in the Hat and Cap Industry, July 1939 -- Table 28. Monthly Averages of Unemployment of Insured Persons in the Hat Industry at the Luton and Dunstable Exchanges 1930-32, and in the Hat and Cap Industries in the South-Eastern District 1933-8 -- Table 29. Imports of Wool and Fur-Felt Hats, 1905-38 -- Table 30. Imports of Wool-Felt Hoods from Principal Countries -- Table 31. Imports of Fur-Felt Hoods and Hats from Principal Countries -- Table 32. Imports of Hats and Caps (Average figures of years 1935-8 inclusive) -- Table 33. Exports of Hats and Caps (Average figures of years 1935-8 inclusive) -- Table 34. Production of, and Foreign Trade in, Felt Hats and Hoods -- Chapter V. THE BOOT AND SHOE INDUSTRY -- Table 35. Output and Value of Footwear, 1924-35 -- Table 36. Insured Persons in the Boot and Shoe Industry (Aged 16-64) -- Table 37. Distribution of Plants in Main Districts (Great Britain) -- Table 38. Production of Footwear in Principal Areas, 1924-35 -- Table 39. Production of Men's and Women's Footwear by Area -- Table 40. Number and Size of Establishments and Net Output -- Table 41. Average Number of Operatives, engaged in each Process, Contributing to Production -- Table 42. Some Typical Production Costs (Pre-War) -- Table 43. Production, Exports and Imports, 1924-35 -- Table 44. Exports and Imports, 1935-9 -- Chapter VI. THE JUTE INDUSTRY -- Table 45. Size and Output of Jute Firms -- Table 46. Number of Insured Workers in the British Jute Industry, United Kingdom -- Table 47. Unemployment Percentages -- Table 48. Production of Jute Yarn -- Table 49. Exports of Jute Yarn -- Table 50. Production of Jute Piece Goods -- Table 51. Exports of Jute Piece Goods -- Table 52. Destination of Exports of Manufactured Jute -- Table 53. Production of Jute Carpets and Rugs
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Table 54. Exports of Jute Carpets and Rugs -- Chapter VII. THE CARPET INDUSTRY -- Table 55. Annual Consumption of the Chief Raw Materials -- Table 56. Output of Principal Products, 1924-31 -- Table 57. National and Regional Development, 1921-31 -- Table 58. Capital, Labour Force and Looms in Great Britain, 1939 -- Table 59. Number and Size of Firms and Factories -- Table 60. Average Capital Per Firm -- Table 61. Carpet Production in Great Britain and the U.S.A. -- Table 62. Carpet Production, Employment and Output Per Head in Great Britain in 1930 and 1935 -- Table 63. Employment and Unemployment in the United Kingdom Carpet Industry, 1923-39 -- Table 64. Age and Sex Composition of Labour Force in the Carpet Industry in 1931 -- Table 65. Proportion of Men to All Occupied in Carpet Production, 1931 -- Table 66. Juvenile Labour Supply and Unemployment in the Carpet Trade and in all Industries, 1935-9 -- Table 67. Carpet Trade Associations and their Resources, 1939 -- Table 68. Carpet Production, Exports and Imports, 1924-35 -- Table 69. Carpet Exports, 1924-39 -- Table 70. Carpet Imports (Retained), 1924-39 -- Chapter VIII. THE ARTIFICIAL TEXTILE INDUSTRY -- Table 71. World Production of Rayon, Cotton, Wool and Silk, 1921-40 -- Table 72. Piece Goods Manufactured in the United Kingdom from Rayon and Other Materials -- Table 73. Price Indices of Rayon, Cotton and Wool Yarns -- Table 74. Prices of Rayon Staple Fibre, Cotton and Wool -- Table 75. Prices of Viscose Rayon Yarn -- Table 76. Imports of Wood Pulp for Rayon Production -- Table 77. World Rayon Yarn and Staple Fibre Production, 1930-39 -- Table 78. Production of Rayon Yarn by Processes in Chief Countries in 1939 -- Table 79. Estimated United Kingdom Production by Processes -- Table 80. Number, Size and Output of Establishments, 1930 and 1935
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Table 81. Estimated Capacity of British Rayon Industry, 1939 -- Table 82. Rayon-Producing Factories, 1939 -- Table 83. Capital Structure of British Rayon-Producing Companies, 1939 -- Table 84. Excise Revenue and Drawback Yield 1927-8-1937-8 -- Table 85. Estimated Consumption of Rayon Filament Yarn by Uses and Types -- Table 86. Exports of Rayon Yarn -- Table 87. Exports of Staple Fibre -- Table 88. United Kingdom Exports of Rayon Yarn -- Table 89. United Kingdom Exports of Staple Fibre -- Table 90. United Kingdom Exports of Rayon Waste -- Table 91. United Kingdom Imports of Rayon Yarn -- INDEX
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