American Silk, 1830-1930
American Silk, 1830-1930

Author: Jacqueline Field

Publisher: Texas Tech University Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780896725898

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"Traces the American silk industry, once the world's largest, through case studies of the Nonotuck (Northampton, Massachusetts), Haskell (Westbrook, Maine), and Mallinson (New York and Pennsylvania) silk companies. Examines entrepreneurs as well as history of technology and products from sewing-machine thread to mass-produced plain and high-fashion silks"--Provided by publisher.

Metals and Monies in an Emerging Global Economy
Metals and Monies in an Emerging Global Economy

Author: Arturo Giráldez

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2022-03-01

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 135191801X

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The literature on early-modern monetary history is vast and rich, yet overly Eurocentric. This book takes a global approach. It calls attention to the fact that, for example, Japan and South America were dominant in silver production, while China was the principal end-market; key areas for transshipment included Europe and Africa, India and the Middle East. Europeans were often just middlemen. Other monetized substances - gold, copper and cowries - must also be viewed globally. The interrelated trades in metals and monies are what first linked worldwide markets, and disequilibrium within the silver market in the 16th and 17th centuries was an active cause of this global trade.