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Publication : "Courtaulds &#38; the knitwear &#38; hosiery industry", Bramwell Rudd&#160;This new book by Bramwell Rudd provides the  rst detailed examination of Courtaulds and the hosiery and knitwear industry in the crucial period since the 1960s. The narrative traces the growth in imports and the decline in employment, exposes major strategy problems and looks at how Courtaulds reacted to changing domestic and global trading conditions. Courtaulds and the Hosiery and Knitwear Industry would particularly appeal to business historians and those with an interest in the textiles or clothing manufacture industries, as well as those approaching the subject for the first time&#160;