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

John Smail (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0312221622 | ISBN-13: 978-0312221621 | Publication Date: October 1, 1999

This book explores the causes and nature of the industrial revolution through a comparative study of the main wool textile manufacturing regions of England. Based on extensive archival research and including several new or little-known sources, it addresses many of the current debates in economic history and eighteenth-century studies by examining how the interplay between merchants, markets, and producers shaped the pace and character of economic growth during the eighteenth century. Particular attention is paid to the rapid growth of product innovation and the export trade as both of these factors affected evolving structures of marketing and production.

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

About the Author

John Smail is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 210 pages
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (October 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312221622
• ISBN-13: 978-0312221621
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,450,337 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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