Britain was first, though the classical (and many of the neoclassical) economists did not recognize that its course was … times and places. Productivity in cotton textiles, for example, grew at computer-industry rates, and continued to into the … have shown that China led the West in 1500, and maybe as late as 1750, then fell dramatically behind. It was the …

, industrialization in dependent countries in 1960 is found to be significantly lower than in sovereign countries. This result is shown to …

, would be as important as the India trade. Foreign trade is not a net gain, but a way of producing importables at the … explained, or even the 100% in the first century in Britain. Trade is anyway too old and too widespread to explain a uniquely … the gigantic British cotton textile industry. And if small causes lead to large consequences, the model is instable, and …

of textile exports to the EU and to the US, is significant. West African cotton-producing countries are very dependant on … increasing exports to China. The results of a model of Chinese and West African cotton exchanges suggests that Chinese imports of … West African cotton are strongly dependant on its textile exports to the EU and the US. EU and US safeguards against …

India's share in world's textile trade from the current 4% to 8% by 2010 and to achieve export value of US $ 50 billion in … 35% of foreign exchange earnings, India’s share in global exports is only 3% compared to China’s 13.75% percent. Majority …India’s share of the global textile industry is expected to grow from 4% to 7% by 2011-12 and the share of apparel in …

in a multi-volume work on the economic and intellectual history of western civilization. In a sense, the subtitle of the …

The article explores the problem of boudaries between economics and history. The richeness that derives by crossing the … boundaries is explained with examples from the history of contemporary Italy. …