Merchants, Markets and Manufacture: The English Wool Textile Industry in the Eighteenth Century

by J. Smail

Overview

This book explores the causes and nature of the industrial revolution through a comparative study of the main wool textile manufacturing regions of England. Addressing many of the current debates in economic history and eighteenth-century studies through a detailed, archivally-based analysis, it examines how the interplay between merchants, markets and producers shaped the pace and character of economic growth during the eighteenth century, paying particular attention to the implications of rapid product innovation and the export trade.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312221621
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	07/19/1999
Edition description:	1999
Pages:	198
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

JOHN SMAIL is Associate Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He is the author of The Origins of Middle-Class Culture: Halifax, Yorkshire 1660-1780 , and has published articles on aspects of the English wool textile industry and early industrialization.

Table of Contents

Figures Introduction Products and Markets in the English Wool Textile Industry to 1730 The Manufacturer and the Market Around mid-Century The Merchant, the Clothier, and the Market Around mid-Century An Adventure to New York: The Export Trade in the Colonies Travellers: The Export Trade in Europe The End of the Century Boom and the Supremacy of Yorkshire Conclusion: Technology, Innovation, and the Industrial Revolution Notes Bibliography Index

Editorial Reviews

...a valuable approach to the role and functioning of markets and marketing during the period... Enterprise & Society

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