Author: JOSEPH T. SHAWPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
THE WOOL TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES; HISTORY OF A GREAT INDUSTRY
Author: JOSEPH T. SHAWThe Wool Trade of the United States
Author: Joseph T. ShawPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wool industry
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Pamphlets on Tariff
Author: The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Compendium of the Impending Crisis of the South
Author: Hinton Rowan HelperPublisher: Gale Cengage Learning
ISBN:
Category : Enslaved persons
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This book condemns slavery, by appealed to whites' rational self-interest, rather than any altruism towards blacks. Helper claimed that slavery hurt the Southern economy by preventing economic development and industrialization, and that it was the main reason why the South had progressed so much less than the North since the late 18th century.
Making Of An Economic Superpower, The: Unlocking China's Secret Of Rapid Industrialization
Author: Yi WenPublisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9814733741
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
The rise of China is no doubt one of the most important events in world economic history since the Industrial Revolution. Mainstream economics, especially the institutional theory of economic development based on a dichotomy of extractive vs. inclusive political institutions, is highly inadequate in explaining China's rise. This book argues that only a radical reinterpretation of the history of the Industrial Revolution and the rise of the West (as incorrectly portrayed by the institutional theory) can fully explain China's growth miracle and why the determined rise of China is unstoppable despite its current 'backward' financial system and political institutions. Conversely, China's spectacular and rapid transformation from an impoverished agrarian society to a formidable industrial superpower sheds considerable light on the fundamental shortcomings of the institutional theory and mainstream 'blackboard' economic models, and provides more-accurate reevaluations of historical episodes such as Africa's enduring poverty trap despite radical political and economic reforms, Latin America's lost decades and frequent debt crises, 19th century Europe's great escape from the Malthusian trap, and the Industrial Revolution itself.
The Wool Trade of the United States
Author: Joseph T. ShawPublisher:
ISBN: 9781331051411
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Excerpt from The Wool Trade of the United States: History of a Great Industry; Its Rise and Progress in Boston, Now the Second Market in the World These two brothers, Arthur and John Schofield, came to the United States in 1793, and as theirs was the first attempt made in America to manufacture woolens in a manner similar to that in the matured mills of Europe, their efforts deserve permanent record in the annals of the industries. In October of 1794 the Schofields had constructed and put into operation Americas first carding machine, and its successful workings attracted widespread interest and attention. The machine placed the industry on a higher and more matured plane, and once it was thus fairly under way it expanded rapidly, rearing its youthful head with somewhat amazing frequency throughout the New England and other Northern and Eastern States. It gave to the eighteenth century as its chief product, and in addition to the staple broadcloth made from the imported fine wools, such coarse, rough cloth as could alone be made from the harsh, heavy fibered wool of the domesticated sheep of America. Spanish sheep, before the days of the merino, producing coarse wool suitable only for carpets, had been early introduced into Mexico. The sheep of Virginia and Massachusetts were of the English breed of that time, long legged, narrow chested, yielding very coarse wool, not at all similar to the highly bred Lincolns and Shropshires of to-day. The flock in New York State, comprising chiefly the lowland sheep of Holland, were not unlike the breed in Massachusetts. The mills of the late eighteenth century drew upon supplies of foreign wool for a good share of their raw material. But the cost of the imported wool, disproportionate, though at that time duty free in its relation to the production of cloths from domestic wool, rendered dependence upon foreign stock undesirable and encumbered the progress of the industry with additional obstacles. Protection Advances The Industry. With the ushering in of the nineteenth century the newly born industry appeared to acquire fresh life. The minimum of protection afforded by the first tariff of the United States, enacted in 1789, was turned to every possible advantage by the manufacturers. This first tariff was apparently not designed to extend protection to the wool manufacture, nor, indeed, was protection its first purpose. After the Revolution the country was burdened with an extensive war debt, and to alleviate this load an act was passed on July 4, 1789, which laid a duty upon almost all incoming merchandise. In its preamble reference was made to the necessity for "encouragement and protection of manufacturers," but in view of the undeveloped condition of the wool manufacture in the United States at that time, and its lack of recognition as a public industry in Alexander Hamilton's comprehensive report some two years later, it is safe to conclude that the duty on importations of woolen goods was designed for purposes of revenue only. In 1800 our consuls and ministers resident abroad were inculcated with the idea of infusing into the flocks of America the high breed attained in sheep husbandry in foreign countries. Their first efforts were attended with the usual obstacles which greet the inception of all new ideas. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
A Century of Innovation
Author: 3M CompanyPublisher: 3m Company
ISBN:
Category : 3M Company
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
A compilation of 3M voices, memories, facts and experiences from the company's first 100 years.
Unravelled Dreams
Author: Ben MarshPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108418287
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 503
Book Description
Reveals how commodity failure, as much as success, can shed light on aspirations, environment, and economic life in colonial societies.
The Rise of Cotton Mills in the South
Author: Broadus MitchellPublisher: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins Press
ISBN:
Category : Cotton growing
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description