A Distinctive Industrialization: Cotton in Barcelona 1728 1832

By J.K.J. Thomson

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521522625
• ISBN13: 9780521522625
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"