The aim of this book is to track the historical origins of China’s economic reforms. From the 1920s and 1930s strong ties were built between Chinese textile industrialists and foreign machinery importers in Shanghai and the Yangzi Delta. Despite the fragmentation of China, the contribution of...

Capital ownership, capital structure and capital markets: financial constraints and decline in the Lancashire cotton textile industry, 1880-1965 -- Quiet successes and loud failures: the UK textile industries in the interwar years -- The decline of the UK textile industry: the terminal years...