A Distinctive Industrialization: Cotton in Barcelona 1728–1832

ISBN-13: 9780521394826 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 368 str.

J. K. J. Thomson (University of Sussex)

Opis

This is a study of the development of the early history of Barcelona's cotton industry. It offers both a specialized industrial history and an interpretation of major issues relating to the industrialization of Catalonia and of Europe as a whole. The major issues discussed--the causes of the increase during these years in industrial investment and the links between "proto-industrialization" and industrialization proper--have been discussed theoretically but rarely tested against historical experience. The book thus represents an important contribution to the interpretation of early industrialization and offers a new insight into Spanish and Catalonian history.

Recenzje

' … the book will appeal to a broad range of scholars interested in various aspects of the industrialization process.' Pamela Radcliff, Journal of Modern History

Spis treści

List of maps; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations, languages, measures and monetary exchanges; 1. Introduction; 2. Catalan industry in the 'long term'; 3. The establishment of calico-printing in Barcelona; 4. Why did merchant capital move into the industry in the 1740s?; 5. The development of the industry in the 1750s and 1760s: adaptation to the requirements of 'merchant capital'; 6. The industry at its height, 1768–86, with investment in it as common as in drapers' shops; 7. Spinning; 8. The crisis of the fábrica: the industry from 1787 to 1832; 9. The Bonaplata mill and Catalan industrialization; Bibliography; Index.