-1890 -- 2. Location and Product -- 3. Organization, Finance, and Machinery -- 4. Cotton -- 5. Labor -- 6. Products and …

, 1844-1870 -- CHAPTER I. YANKEES ORGANIZE THE PEPPERELL MANUFACTURING COMPANY -- CHAPTER II. THE COTTON TEXTILE INDUSTRY IN … NEW ENGLAND, 1775-1850 -- CHAPTER III. PURCHASING COTTON FOR PEPPERELL -- CHAPTER IV. OPERATING THE MILLS IN BIDDEFORD …

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- I. Wages from 1860 to I945 -- II. Labor Productivity -- III … -- Appendix III. Index Numbers of Cotton Goods Prices -- Appendix IV. Cost of Living of American Workers -- Bibliography -- Index …Traces the movement of cotton textile wages in Great Britain and the United States from 1860 to 1945. Examines two …

The literature suggests that cotton textiles should be unattractive for foreign direct investment (FDI). The product is … multinational firms cannot monopolize. Indeed, since the 1970s, cotton textiles has been one of the few industries in Brazil in … largely undifferentiated; sellers need an intimate knowledge of local markets; and textiles use process technology, which …