The Islanders and the Orb - Janet Hunter
This is the most comprehensive and wide-ranging account ever written of the Harris Tweed industry. It makes an important contribution to the social and economic history of the Islands and shows the struggle which the people of the Outer Hebrides had, to retain the commercial value of the name, 'Harris Tweed'. Meticulously researched, intricate and changing circumstances in the history of the industry are made immensely readable. Bitter and divisive controversies are described with supporting evidence and some analysis, but leaving readers to draw their own conclusions. The legal points are explained with the clarity in layman's terms. The book will be of great interest at local, national and world level as Harris Tweed continues to assert its place on the international stage of modern fashion.
