The Industrial Revolution in Miniature: The Spinning Jenny in Britain, France, and India

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 901-927

  Allen, Robert C ^a  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; COTTON; CROP PRODUCTION; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFITABILITY; WAGE;

FRANCE; INDIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 77952375840     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050709001326     Document Type: Article

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