Growth, profit and technological choice : the case of the Lancashire cotton textile industry / Steven Toms -- Ring and … change : profits, wages and costs in the Lancashire cotton industry, 1880-1914 / Stephen Procter and Steven Toms -- Capital … ownership, capital structure and capital markets : financial constraints and decline in the Lancashire cotton textile industry …

"Between 1800 and 1860, the United States became the preeminent world supplier of cotton as output increased sixty …-fold. Technological changes, including the introduction of improved cotton varieties, contributed significantly to this growth. Measured … output per worker in the cotton sector rose four-fold and large regional differences emerged. By 1840, output per worker in …

The aim of this book is to track the historical origins of China’s economic reforms. From the 1920s and 1930s strong …. Despite the fragmentation of China, the contribution of these networks to the modernization of the country was important and … trade routes inside China, these networks were concentrated in Shanghai where they envisaged an export-oriented development …

organization and performance of cotton sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa, a study published by the World Bank in 2008. The objective of … lint from the raw cotton, roller ginning and saw ginning, and carry out an economic analysis of the respective benefits of … these two technologies for cotton producing countries of Sub-Saharan Africa. The study shows that the choice of ginning …