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During the first half of of the nineteenth century the United States emerged as a major producer of cotton textiles. This paper argues that the expansion of domestic textile production is best understood as a path- dependent process that was initiated by the proetction provided by the Embargo...
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Chapter 1. Introduction: Africa’s Piece of the Global Textile Puzzle -- Chapter 2. An Industry Vanishes: Cotton Cloth Manufacturing in Malawi’s Lower Shire Valley, 1850-1930 -- Chapter 3. Rise of the Coastal Consumer: Coast-Side Drivers of East Africa’s Cotton Cloth Imports, 1830-1900 --...
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Catalonia was the only Mediterranean region among the early followers of the British industrial revolution. The roots of this process can be traced back to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries when the Catalan economy became integrated into international trade, and a successful printed...
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1. Antecedents to the factory system -- 2. Early spinning mills and localisation -- 3. The new cotton factories : a short chronology -- 4. The expansion of trade : organisation and development -- 5. Local loan markets and social networks -- 6. Setting up a new plant -- 7. Financial sources and...
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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Antecedents to the Factory System -- 2 Early Spinning Mills and Localisation -- 3 The New Cotton Factories: A Short Chronology -- 4 The Expansion of...
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