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areas not well treated by Reynolds and other historians: in the fields of mining, metallurgy, and textiles – including the … of textiles. On the other hand, and indeed in striking contrast, the application of water-power in the medieval … production of silks and then especially in the 18th-century production of the new cotton textiles, with those major innovations …
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still higher than the cost of transporting cheap textiles (says) overland in the late 13th century. Indeed, this steep rise … give up the export of the very cheap, light textiles and focus instead on luxury woollens that could better ‘bear the … textiles from north-west Europe were exported to Italy and the Mediterranean basin, because, inter alia, the overland distance …
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A recurrent and indeed persistent problem in European economic history – a veritable deus ex machina -- from medieval to modern times, is Europe’s supposed ‘balance of payments’ problem in trade with the ‘East’. This supposed problem has often been couched in Mercantilist overtones:...
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Algunos de los fenómenos donde el concepto de “globalización” es aplicado incluyen la internacionalización de los mercados, la globalización de la cultura, el dominio político hegemónico del mundo por algunos estados poderosos, o grupos de estados, el poder creciente de organismos...
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/kg) and charges are similar to those practiced in Bangladesh where no subsidies to cold storage investments exist and where … areas in India where the growing period is later and where the minimum temperature during the production period is … than most other states in India. Given such comparative advantage, it seems that the state could benefit from the increased …
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in India, both for household nutrition and income. Most of the livestock are kept in mixed farming systems, where crop … residues, mainly cereal straws have been an important feed resource. India is deficient in the supply of fodder, resulting in …
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The Indian government has provided large subsidies to stimulate the take-off of the cold storage sector. However, the impact of this policy is not well understood. In a case study of the potato sector in Bihar, we find that there have been dramatic increases and rapid up-scaling of cold...
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In disadvantaged districts of Bihar, one of the poorest states in India and an area where smallholders dominate, we …
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India and an area where smallholders dominate. These investments have been triggered by market reform, investment subsidies …
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. Brands in this setting in India thus seemingly have little function except the packing function and signal little credible …
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