I study the slow adoption of ring spinning in Great Britain's cotton industry at the end of the 19th century, which has …; Lazonick, 1981, 1981b). To this purpose I use firm-level data from all of Lancashire's cotton firms over several years. The … data are from Worrall's The Cotton Spinners and Manufacturers' Directory for the years 1885, 1886–1887, 1890, 1894, 1902 …

This article provides three types of evidence for external economies of scale in the Lancashire cotton industry. Anglo …

-- 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 …