Can temporary protection from trade with advanced economies foster the development of 'infant industries' in developing … regions to build capacity in the new technology of mechanised cotton spinning and later to compete successfully in … international markets. …

highly commercialised and urbanised one. This book examines how the organisation of commodity markets contributed to this … reduced opportunities for rent-seeking and favoured the rise of efficient markets. This allowed burghers, peasants and …

highly commercialised and urbanised one. This book examines how the organisation of commodity markets contributed to this … reduced opportunities for rent-seeking and favoured the rise of efficient markets. This allowed burghers, peasants and …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to argue that changes in urban retail markets in the first half of the … literature leads into a discussion of innovation in non‐shop retailing and of the need for markets to adapt to a changing context … detail, including the construction of purpose‐built market halls. Findings – Markets remained pivotal to the supply of food …