Financing Cotton

Financing Cotton

Author: Steven Toms

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 178327509X

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This book links the world of finance directly to the fate of the cotton and textile industry, long a metaphor for the rise and fall of Britain as a manufacturing economy, for the first time.


Classic Soil

Classic Soil

Author: Malcolm Hardman

Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 9780838639665

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Like Engels in south Lancashire, young Cole in North America yearns toward an ideogram of "classic perfection," "Arcadia." It was Cole, not Engels, who made the transition to a more mature view, dividing his energies, after 1844, between a radical new empiricism and an iconic transcendentalism that, together, implied an abandonment of the pseudoclassic Arcadia of adolescence."--Jacket.


Escape from the Market

Escape from the Market

Author: Michael Huberman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1996-09-12

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9780521561518

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At the outset of the industrial revolution the Lancashire labour market was a model of thoroughgoing competition. Wages adjusted quickly and smoothly to changes in the demand for and supply of labour. Within two generations, however, workers and firms had retreated from the market. Instead of busting wages, firms paid fixed rates; instead of breaking ties on short notice, workers sought longer-term associations. Social norms - doing the right thing - protected and preserved the fresh labour market arrangements. This book explains the causes and effects of changes in the labour market in the context of developments in labour economics and fresh research in social and economic history.


Industrial Finance, 1830-1914

Industrial Finance, 1830-1914

Author: P.L. Cottrell

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 1136597425

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The nineteenth century was a time of rapid change in forms of organization of economic activity. A central feature of such change was, inevitably, the development of new types of finance adapted to the radically new environment. An appreciation of the history of these developments makes a substantial contribution to the understanding of the growth and development of the British economy in one of its most dramatic phases. Philip Cottrell has written an impressively documented full-scale survey of this crucial period, discussing finance in the context of sweeping reforms of company law, unprecedented technological change and economic expansion, and the institutional effects of all of these. He is primarily concerned with English manufacturing industry but frequently refers, by way of comparison, to extractive industry, Scottish and Welsh developments and the economies of other West European countries. As well as providing a comprehensive overview, the book pays particular attention to coal, iron and textiles amongst the industries and, at the level of organization, to the emergence of the joint stock limited liability company and its gradual adoption by industrialists. The relationship between commercial banks and manufacturing receives detailed consideration and the role of internally accumulated funds and trade credit is discussed. this classic book was first published in 1980.


The Letters of Richard Cobden

The Letters of Richard Cobden

Author: Richard Cobden

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2007-11-22

Total Pages: 590

ISBN-13: 0199211957

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The first of four volumes, this book provides the first critical edition of Richard Cobden's letters, providing a unique insight into the career of one of Britain's leading nineteenth-century politicians. Drawing on material from Britain, Europe, and the United States, the letters are accompanied by notes, and an introduction explaining the unusual history of the letters and re-assessing Cobden's importance in their light.


Economic Development in the Long Run

Economic Development in the Long Run

Author: A.J. Youngson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1136594620

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This book enlarges our understanding of economic development by bringing together items or aspects of historical experience relevant to the present-day problems of developing countries; by looking at the problems over a longer period than is usual in development economics, so that the influence of underlying forces may be made evident; and by comparing the experiences of different countries in similar situations. A variety of countries are dealt with and most of the significant problems in development economics are covered in one context or another. The authors of this symposium, each an internationally acknowledged authority, offer expert assessments of development as it has actually taken place. The chapter by Professor Rosovsky shows what is significant, what is peculiar and what could be imitated in Japan; Professor Black takes the little-studied case of Ireland, and Dr Macpherson gives an informed and balanced account of Indian development. This unique book was first published in 1972.