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Merchants, Markets and Manufacture
John Smail
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Description for Merchants, Markets and Manufacture
Hardback. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBL; KCZ; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 420.
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.
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
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
Number of Pages
198
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312221621
SKU
V9780312221621
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Ref
99-15
About John Smail
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.
Reviews for Merchants, Markets and Manufacture
...a valuable approach to the role and functioning of markets and marketing during the period... Enterprise & Society