Evaluating the Pillars of the Textile Boom
A historian claims, 'While the availability of a key raw material from overseas was the obvious engine of the British textile industry, the steady supply of cheap, high-energy food for the new urban workforce was the silent, but equally indispensable, cog in the machine.' Evaluate this statement. In your answer, assess the distinct roles of both the raw material and the food supply, and argue whether one was more fundamental than the other to the industry's sustained growth.
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