Financing cotton : British industrial growth and decline, 1780-2000 /

The cotton and textile industry, at the centre of the industrial revolution, has long been a metaphor for the rise and fall of Britain as a manufacturing economy. This book links the world of finance directly to the fate of the cotton and textile industry for the first time. Using a unique underlyin...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Toms, Steven (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : The Boydell Press, 2020.
Series:People, markets, goods ; v. 17.
Subjects:
Cotton textile industry > Great Britain > History.
Industries > Great Britain > History.
Tissus de coton > Industrie > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
Cotton textile industry
Industries
Great Britain
Groḃritannien
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Tables
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Industrialization and Capital Formation
  • Chapter 2. Industrialization and Profitability
  • Chapter 3. The Factory Act Debates: Financial Perspectives
  • Chapter 4. Industrial Democracy and Co-operative Finance
  • Chapter 5. Industry Growth and Financial Networks
  • Chapter 6. Entrepreneurs, Technology and Industrial Organization
  • Chapter 7. Financial Speculation, Restructuring and Survival
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix 1: Cotton Industry Financial Database
  • Appendix 2: Money Equivalent Values
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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