J. K. J. Thomson, Thomson J. K. J.

A Distinctive Industrialization

Cotton in Barcelona 1728 1832

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Produktbeschreibung

A study of the development of Barcelona's cotton industry, bridging the 'pre-industrial' and early 'industrial' periods.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 597g
• ISBN-13: 9780521522625
• ISBN-10: 0521522625
• Artikelnr.: 21545476

Inhaltsangabe

List of maps
List of tables
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations, languages, measures and monetary exchanges
1. Introduction
2. Catalan industry in the 'long term'
3. The establishment of calico-printing in Barcelona
4. Why did merchant capital move into the industry in the 1740s?
5. The development of the industry in the 1750s and 1760s: adaptation to the requirements of 'merchant capital'
6. The industry at its height, 1768-86, with investment in it as common as in drapers' shops
7. Spinning
8. The crisis of the fábrica: the industry from 1787 to 1832
9. The Bonaplata mill and Catalan industrialization
Bibliography
Index.