An Economic History of the Silk Industry, 1830 1930

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. The characteristics of the industry; 3. The growth in the long run; 4. Consumption of silkwares and demand for silk; 5. The demand for silk: an analysis by country; 6. The roots of growth: agricultural production; 7. The industry: technical progress and structural change; 8. Institutions and competitiveness: the markets; 9. Institutions and competitiveness: the state; 10. Conclusions; Statistical appendix; References; Index.

Summary

An Economic History of the Silk Industry, 1830–1930, first published in 1997, is an ambitious historical analysis of the development of a major commodity. Dr Federico examines the rapid growth of the world silk industry from the early nineteenth century to the eve of the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Product details

• Authors: Giovanni Federico
• Assisted by: Charles Feinstein (Editor), Patrick O'Brien (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.05.2011
• EAN: 9780521581981
• ISBN: 978-0-521-58198-1
• No. of pages: 276
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 603 g
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Modern Ec
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches