National and Global Impacts

Agenda Theme 11

11.01: What were the national and international markets for Derwent Valley cotton yarns, how did demand for these fluctuate over time, and can we identify more closely the routes of supply and export?

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11.02: How closely was the supply of raw cotton to the Derwent Valley mills linked to the trading activities associated with the international slave trade and plantation development in the Americas?

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11.03: Can we elucidate further the movement abroad of people and skills originating in the Derwent Valley?

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11.04: What impact may industrialisation and population movements have had upon the world views of communities in the Derwent Valley?

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11.05: Can we shed further light upon the influence of Derwent Valley industrial workers’ housing upon architectural traditions elsewhere in Britain, Continental Europe and America

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11.06: What was the national and international impact of the ‘Cromford Diaspora’ upon factory and machinery designs?

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11.07: How revolutionary were developments in the Valley in the international context, and why did industrialisation follow different courses and chronologies in countries such as France, Belgium, Germany, Russia and the USA?

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11.08: What lessons may be learned in terms of environmental sustainability from study of the Derwent Valley’s low-carbon industrial revolution and the potential of hydro power?

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