"Red Silk is a history of China's Yangzi Delta silk industry during the wars, crises, and revolutions of the mid-twentieth century. Based on extensive research in Chinese archives and focused on the 1950s, the book compares two very different groups of silk workers and their experiences in the...

The diffusion of technological knowledge is key to industry growth. But not all knowledge is created equal. I use a nanoeconomic approach to examine knowledge-diffusion based growth in the Meiji-era Japanese cotton spinning industry, which enjoyed remarkable success after a decade of initial...

The diffusion of technological knowledge is key to industry growth. But not all knowledge is created equal. I use a nanoeconomic approach to examine knowledge-diffusion based growth in the Meiji-era Japanese cotton spinning industry, which enjoyed remarkable success after a decade of initial...

This paper explores the problem of choice between importing or sourcing based on the examples from the knitting yarn industry. Despite not being the one of the biggest or one of the most robust markets in the developed world yarn market has very interesting qualities, which may be useful for...

The warlord state and the capitalist-politician -- The prewar Nationalists' uncertain developmental state -- Building Eden with national products and urban consumerism -- Japanese occupation and the "economy of things" -- Building Eden inside the firm -- The postwar Nationalists' unresponsive...

Advances in Filament Yarn Spinning of Textiles and Polymers reviews the different types of spinning techniques for synthetic polymer-based fibers, and issues such as their effect on fiber properties, including melt, dry, wet, and gel spinning. Synthetic polymer-based fibers are used in a great...

Este trabajo analiza las caracteristicas economicas de la industria textil argentina y su evolucion en el ultimo cuarto de siglo, compara los rendimientos de la actividad hilandera y mide la importancia economica que tendria su organizacion mas efectiva. Los principales resultados muestran que...