Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of tables
- Forward and acknowledgments
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The characteristics of the industry
- 3 The growth in the long run
- 4 Consumption of silkwares and demand for silk
- 5 The demand for silk: an analysis by country
- 6 The roots of growth: agricultural production
- 7 The industry: technical progress and structural change
- 8 Institutions and competitiveness: the markets
- 9 Institutions and competitiveness: the state
- 10 Conclusions
- Statistical appendix
- References
- Index
List of abbreviations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 January 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of tables
- Forward and acknowledgments
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The characteristics of the industry
- 3 The growth in the long run
- 4 Consumption of silkwares and demand for silk
- 5 The demand for silk: an analysis by country
- 6 The roots of growth: agricultural production
- 7 The industry: technical progress and structural change
- 8 Institutions and competitiveness: the markets
- 9 Institutions and competitiveness: the state
- 10 Conclusions
- Statistical appendix
- References
- Index
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- An Economic History of the Silk Industry, 1830–1930 , pp. xiv - xviPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1997