A British industrial success: Productivity in the Lancashire and New England cotton spinning industries a century ago

Economic History Review

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 90-117

  Leunig, Timothy ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTTON; INDUSTRIAL HISTORY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTIVITY; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

ENGLAND (LANCASHIRE); UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0038712909     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0289.00243     Document Type: Article

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