An Economic History of the Silk Industry, 1830–1930
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- Author: Giovanni Federico, Università degli Studi, Pisa
- Date Published: March 2011
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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. Silk production grew as a result of Western industrialisation, which in turn brought about increased incomes and thus increased demand for silk products. The author documents the changes in methods of production and the technical progress that enabled the silk industry to cope with this new influx in demand. Dr Federico then discusses the significant changes in the geographical distribution of world output that accompanied this growth. In conclusion, Federico points out that silk did indeed becomes the first example of a Japanese success story on the world market, Italy and China both losing their markets due to Japan's large agricultural supply of raw material (cocoons) and its adroitness in importing and adopting Western technology.
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- Date Published: March 2011
- format: Adobe eBook Reader
- isbn: 9780511823305
- contains: 2 maps
- availability: This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.
Table 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.
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