9781107000223

Cotton: The Fabric that Made the Modern World

Giorgio Riello

RIELLO, Giorgio

2013

Cambridge University Press

Introduction: Global cotton and global history / [The First Cotton Revolution: A Centrifugal System, circa 1000–1500]Selling to the world: India and the old cotton system / 'Wool growing on wild trees': the global reach of cotton / The world's best: cotton manufacturing and the advantage of India / [Learning and Connecting: Making Cottons Global, circa 1500–1750]The Indian apprenticeship: Europeans trading in Indian cottons / New consuming habits: how cottons entered European houses and wardrobes / From Asia to America: cottons in the Atlantic world / Learning and substituting: printing cotton textiles in Europe / [The Second Cotton Revolution: A Centripetal System, circa 1750–2000]Cotton, slavery and plantations in the New World / Competing with India: cotton and European Industrialisation / 'The wolf in sheep's clothing': the potential of cotton / Global outcomes: the West and the new cotton system / Conclusion: from system to system, from divergence to convergence.

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英語 / English

第一部[総覧]1-9.経済史・経営史一般

1 General History 1-9. Economic & Business History in General

  • 第五部 [西洋経済史] 5-4. 工業
  • 第五部 [西洋経済史] 5-5. 商業・貿易
  • 5 European & American Economic History 5-4. Industry
  • 5 European & American Economic History 5-5. Commerce & Trade
  • 鉱工業
  • 商業・貿易・サービス
  • Mining and Manufacturing
  • Commerce, Trade and Services