Author: William Edensor
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Category : Cotton manufacture
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
An address to the spinners and manufacturers of cotton wool, upon the present situation of the market
Author: William Edensor
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cotton manufacture
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cotton manufacture
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Empire of Cotton
Author: Sven Beckert
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0385353251
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
The epic story of the rise and fall of the empire of cotton, its centrality to the world economy, and its making and remaking of global capitalism. Cotton is so ubiquitous as to be almost invisible, yet understanding its history is key to understanding the origins of modern capitalism. Sven Beckert’s rich, fascinating book tells the story of how, in a remarkably brief period, European entrepreneurs and powerful statesmen recast the world’s most significant manufacturing industry, combining imperial expansion and slave labor with new machines and wage workers to change the world. Here is the story of how, beginning well before the advent of machine production in the 1780s, these men captured ancient trades and skills in Asia, and combined them with the expropriation of lands in the Americas and the enslavement of African workers to crucially reshape the disparate realms of cotton that had existed for millennia, and how industrial capitalism gave birth to an empire, and how this force transformed the world. The empire of cotton was, from the beginning, a fulcrum of constant global struggle between slaves and planters, merchants and statesmen, workers and factory owners. Beckert makes clear how these forces ushered in the world of modern capitalism, including the vast wealth and disturbing inequalities that are with us today. The result is a book as unsettling as it is enlightening: a book that brilliantly weaves together the story of cotton with how the present global world came to exist.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0385353251
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
The epic story of the rise and fall of the empire of cotton, its centrality to the world economy, and its making and remaking of global capitalism. Cotton is so ubiquitous as to be almost invisible, yet understanding its history is key to understanding the origins of modern capitalism. Sven Beckert’s rich, fascinating book tells the story of how, in a remarkably brief period, European entrepreneurs and powerful statesmen recast the world’s most significant manufacturing industry, combining imperial expansion and slave labor with new machines and wage workers to change the world. Here is the story of how, beginning well before the advent of machine production in the 1780s, these men captured ancient trades and skills in Asia, and combined them with the expropriation of lands in the Americas and the enslavement of African workers to crucially reshape the disparate realms of cotton that had existed for millennia, and how industrial capitalism gave birth to an empire, and how this force transformed the world. The empire of cotton was, from the beginning, a fulcrum of constant global struggle between slaves and planters, merchants and statesmen, workers and factory owners. Beckert makes clear how these forces ushered in the world of modern capitalism, including the vast wealth and disturbing inequalities that are with us today. The result is a book as unsettling as it is enlightening: a book that brilliantly weaves together the story of cotton with how the present global world came to exist.
A Guide to the Printed Materials for English Social and Economic History, 1750-1850
Author: Judith Blow Williams
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 678
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 678
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The Arkwrights
Author: R. S. Fitton
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719026461
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Richard Arkwright was born in Preston in 1732. He married Patience Holt in 1755 and had a son, Richard, in the same year. After Patience's death in 1756, he married Margaret Biggens in 1761. He passed away in 1792, and was buried at Smelting Mill Green, close to Cromford Bridge.
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719026461
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Richard Arkwright was born in Preston in 1732. He married Patience Holt in 1755 and had a son, Richard, in the same year. After Patience's death in 1756, he married Margaret Biggens in 1761. He passed away in 1792, and was buried at Smelting Mill Green, close to Cromford Bridge.
The Industrial Revolution in the Eighteenth Century
Author: Paul Mantoux
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136585664
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
This classic volume, first published in 1928, is a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of the Industrial Revolution. Arranged in three distinct parts, it covers: * Preparatory Changes * Inventions and Factories * The Immediate Consequences. A valuable reference, it is, as Professor T. S. Ashton says in his preface to this work, 'in both its architecture and detail this volume is by far the best introduction to the subject in any language... one of a few works on economic history that can justly be spoken of as classics'.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136585664
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
This classic volume, first published in 1928, is a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of the Industrial Revolution. Arranged in three distinct parts, it covers: * Preparatory Changes * Inventions and Factories * The Immediate Consequences. A valuable reference, it is, as Professor T. S. Ashton says in his preface to this work, 'in both its architecture and detail this volume is by far the best introduction to the subject in any language... one of a few works on economic history that can justly be spoken of as classics'.
America's Textile Reporter
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Category : Cotton
Languages : en
Pages : 794
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Publisher:
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Category : Cotton
Languages : en
Pages : 794
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Wool and Cotton Reporter and Financial Gazette
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Cotton
Languages : en
Pages : 840
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cotton
Languages : en
Pages : 840
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Textile World Journal
Author:
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Category : Textile industry
Languages : en
Pages : 1016
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Textile industry
Languages : en
Pages : 1016
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Textile World
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Textile industry
Languages : en
Pages : 1324
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Textile industry
Languages : en
Pages : 1324
Book Description
The Textile American
Author:
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Category : Textile industry
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Textile industry
Languages : en
Pages : 630
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