The spinning jenny and the industrial revolution: A reappraisal

Was the adoption of the spinning jenny profitable only in England? No. The present work finds that the jenny was profitable also in France. Such result contrasts recent findings on the topic by revising basic computations on the profitability of the spinning jenny.

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Year of publication:	2010
Authors:	Gragnolati, Ugo ; Moschella, Daniele ; Pugliese, Emanuele
Publisher:	Pisa : Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM)
Subject:	Industrial Revolution \| choice of technique \| spinning jenny

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Series:	LEM Working Paper Series ; 2010/09
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	640486398 [GVK] hdl:10419/89450 [Handle] RePEc:ssa:lemwps:2010/09 [RePEc]
Classification:	N00 - Economic History. General ; N01 - Development of the Discipline: Historiographical; Sources and Methods ; N70 - Transport, International and Domestic Trade, Energy and Other Services. General, International, or Comparative
Source:	EconStor

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