Author: S. D. ChapmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 79
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The Cotton Industry in the Industrial Revolution
Author: S. D. ChapmanThe Cotton Industry in the Industrial Revolution
Author: Stanley D. ChapmanPublisher:
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Category : Cotton trade
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Social Change in the Industrial Revolution
Author: Neil J. SmelserPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136602119
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 457
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First Published in 2005. The following study analyses several sequences of differentiation and a attempt to apply social theory to history. Such an analysis naturally calls for two components: (1) a segment of social theory; and (2) an empirical instance of change. For the first the author has selected a model of social change from a developing general theory of action; for the second, the British industrial revolution between 1770 and 1840. From this large revolution is the isolated the growth of the cotton industry and the transformation of the family structure of its working classes.
The Cotton Industry in the Industrial Revolution. Studies in Economic History
Author: S.D.. ChapmamEmpire of Cotton
Author: Sven BeckertPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0385353251
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 640
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The epic story of the rise and fall of the empire of cotton, its centrality to the world economy, and its making and remaking of global capitalism. Cotton is so ubiquitous as to be almost invisible, yet understanding its history is key to understanding the origins of modern capitalism. Sven Beckert’s rich, fascinating book tells the story of how, in a remarkably brief period, European entrepreneurs and powerful statesmen recast the world’s most significant manufacturing industry, combining imperial expansion and slave labor with new machines and wage workers to change the world. Here is the story of how, beginning well before the advent of machine production in the 1780s, these men captured ancient trades and skills in Asia, and combined them with the expropriation of lands in the Americas and the enslavement of African workers to crucially reshape the disparate realms of cotton that had existed for millennia, and how industrial capitalism gave birth to an empire, and how this force transformed the world. The empire of cotton was, from the beginning, a fulcrum of constant global struggle between slaves and planters, merchants and statesmen, workers and factory owners. Beckert makes clear how these forces ushered in the world of modern capitalism, including the vast wealth and disturbing inequalities that are with us today. The result is a book as unsettling as it is enlightening: a book that brilliantly weaves together the story of cotton with how the present global world came to exist.
The Industrial Revolution in the New England Cotton Industry
Author: Caroline Farrar WareSocial Change in the Industrial Revolution
Author: Neil J. SmelserPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331534177
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Excerpt from Social Change in the Industrial Revolution: An Application of Theory to the British Cotton Industry 2 The Functional Dimensions treated as Sub-systems of S 3 The Boundary - interchanges within S 4 The Functional Dimensions of Industry C. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
SOCIAL CHANGE IN THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Author: NEIL J. SMELSERPublisher:
ISBN: 9781033380031
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A History of the Cotton Industry
Author: Anthony BurtonPublisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1399057359
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210
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This book is about technology and how it has changed the lives of people on three continents over the last three hundred years. The development of the cotton industry was the starting point for one of the great turning points in history the industrial revolution. It began with the importation of cloth into Britain from India and that created a new fashion. As the demand for cotton cloth grew, British inventors began to find ways of making the same cloth using powered machinery and built the first cotton mills. The old way of life of the textile workers was transformed, as work moved from home to factory and thousands of small children were brought in to tend the new machines. If conditions in the cotton towns were bad, they were far worse in America where, thanks to the work of slaves, the country took over the supply of raw material from India. During the American Civil War, Britain turned again to India for its supplies. Today, positions have changed dramatically. India again has a thriving industry, while in Britain only a fraction of the old mills are still at work. The author looks in detail at the technology that produced the changes, but the emphasis is very much on the human stories of the industrialists and their workers, the planters and their slaves in Britain, India and America.
Capital and the Cotton Industry in the Industrial Revolution
Author: Seymour ShapiroPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cotton trade
Languages : en
Pages : 322
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