This is the most comprehensive and wide-ranging account ever written of the Harris Tweed industry by Janet Hunter. 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 analysis but leaving readers to draw their own conclusions.
Now updated to include the years between 1995 and 2023, the book will be of great interest locally, nationally, and internationally as Harris Tweed continues to assert its unique status as a globally iconic textile brand.