Italian Cotton Industry in the Later Middle Ages, 1100-1600

Klappentext This book traces the dynamic advances in textile technology. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Preface; Lost of abbreviations; Map; Introduction; Part I. The role of cotton in the Mediterranean economy: 1. Cotton cultivation in the ancient and medieval world; 2. The Mediterranean cotton trade 1100-1600; Part II. The organisation of the North-Italian industry: 3. The spread of cotton manufacture; 4. Technological innovation; 5. The structure of demand: products and markets; 6. Guild and entrepreneurial structures; Part III. The growth of cotton manufacture north of the Alps: 7. Italy and south Germany 1300-1600; 8. European cotton manufacture on the eve of the industrial Revolution; Appendices. Notes; Select bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Maureen Fennell Mazzaoui, Mazzaoui Maureen Fennell
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.11.2008
• EAN: 9780521089609
• ISBN: 978-0-521-08960-9
• No. of pages: 268
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Italy, CE period up to c 1500, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, European history: medieval period, middle ages