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Subject(s)

• Cotton trade—Great Britain—History [Browse]
• Cotton trade—United States—History [Browse]

Series

• Cambridge studies in modern economic history ; 8. [More in this series]
• Cambridge studies in modern economic history ; 8 [More in this series]

Summary note

This book explores the long-term forces shaping business attitudes in the British and American cotton industries from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. Mary Rose traces social, political and developmental differences from the early stages of industrialization. She demonstrates how firms become embedded in networks, and evolve according to business values and strategies. The book examines local and regional networks, the changing competitive environment, community characteristics and national differences. Rose's findings challenge traditional views with new evidence that the character and achievements of each industry uniquely reflect local circumstances and historical experience. This is a critical synthesis of the multidisciplinary literature on the cotton textile industries of two major industrial nations and a study of the changing forces influencing decision making. An important contribution to comparative business history, this book will be of interest to graduates and scholars in all areas of business and economic history.

Notes

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Contents

• Introduction: the evolution of two industries
• Industrialization and the cotton industry in Britain and the United States
• Family firms, networks and institutions to 1860
• The management of labour to 1860
• Networks an the evolution of government industry relations to 1860
• Consolidation and change, 1860-1914
• Prosperity and decay in war and peace, 1914-39
• The turbulent years, 1939-80: the politics of decline.

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Other title(s)

• Firms, Networks & Business Values
• Cambridge University Press. History.

ISBN

9780511522796 (ebook)

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