Synopsis
The Quakers: Morals & Money tells the story of the Quakers in Britain and the impact they had on British society. It describes how they gradually came to dominate key 18th century industries from iron-making to chemicals, from pharmaceuticals to banking.
It provides a fascinating account of how, in the 19th century, they went on to dominate new industries, whether shoemaking, biscuits, or chocolate. Barclays, Lloyds, Price Waterhouse, Swan Hunter, Clarks Shoes, Huntley and Palmer, Cadbury’s, Fry’s, and Rowntree’s, all discussed in the text, have Quaker origins – as do a wide range of other “chiefly Brit.” household names.
