A Distinctive Industrialization: Cotton in Barcelona 1728 1832 - Paperback

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.

• | Author: J. K. J. Thomson
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 13, 2003
• | Number of Pages: 368 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0521522625
• | ISBN-13: 9780521522625