Synopses & Reviews
This book explores the causes and nature of the industrial revolution through a comparative study of the main wool textile manufacturing regions of England. Based on extensive archival research and including several new or little-known sources, it addresses many of the current debates in economic history and eighteenth-century studies by examining how the interplay between merchants, markets, and producers shaped the pace and character of economic growth during the eighteenth century. Particular attention is paid to the rapid growth of product innovation and the export trade as both of these factors affected evolving structures of marketing and production.
Review
...a valuable approach to the role and functioning of markets and marketing during the period...
Enterprise & Society
Synopsis
This book explores the causes and nature of the industrial revolution through a comparative study of the main wool textile manufacturing regions of England. Addressing many of the current debates in economic history and eighteenth-century studies through a detailed, archivally-based analysis, it examines how the interplay between merchants, markets and producers shaped the pace and character of economic growth during the eighteenth century, paying particular attention to the implications of rapid product innovation and the export trade.
Synopsis
Examines the crucial influence of merchants and markets on the economic growth and industrialization of the English wool textile industry in the eighteenth century.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-191) and index.
About the Author
John Smail is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte.
Table of Contents
Introduction * Products and Markets in the English Wool Textile Industry to 1730 * The Manufacturer and the Market around Mid-Century * The Merchant, the Clothier, and the Market Around Mid-Century * An Adventure to New York: The Export Trade in the Colonies * Travelers: The Export Trade in Europe * The End of the Century Boom and the Supremacy of Yorkshire * Conclusion: Technology, Innovation, and the Industrial Revolution