National leadership and competing technological paradigms: The globalization of cotton spinning, 1878-1933

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 535-566

  Saxonhouse, Gary R ^b   Wright, Gavin ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTTON; ECONOMIC HISTORY; GLOBALIZATION; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INDUSTRIAL HISTORY; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; SKILLED LABOR; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION; TRADE PERFORMANCE; WORKPLACE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 77958508519     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050710000537     Document Type: Article

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