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The Ashgate Companion to the History of Textile Workers, 1650-2000 (Hardcover, New Ed)
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The Ashgate Companion to the History of Textile Workers, 1650-2000 (Hardcover, New Ed)
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This impressive collection offers the first systematic global and
comparative history of textile workers over the course of 350
years. This period covers the major changes in wool and cotton
production, and the global picture from pre-industrial times
through to the twentieth century. After an introduction, the first
part of the book is divided into twenty national studies on textile
production over the period 1650-2000. To make them useful tools for
international comparisons, each national overview is based on a
consistent framework that defines the topics and issues to be
treated in each chapter. The countries described have been selected
to included the major historic producers of woollen and cotton
fabrics, and the diversity of global experience, and include not
only European nations, but also Argentina, Brazil, China, Egypt,
India, Japan, Mexico, Turkey, Uruguay and the USA. The second part
of the book consists of ten comparative papers on topics including
globalization and trade, organization of production, space,
identity, workplace, institutions, production relations, gender,
ethnicity and the textile firm. These are based on the national
overviews and additional literature, and will help apply current
interdisciplinary and cultural concerns to a subject traditionally
viewed largely through a social and economic history lens. Whilst
offering a unique reference source for anyone interested in the
history of a particular country's textile industry, the true
strength of this project lies in its capacity of international
comparison. By providing global comparative studies of key textile
industries and workers, both geographically and thematically, this
book provides a comprehensive and contemporary analysis of a major
element of the world's economy. This allows historians to challenge
many of the received ideas about globalization, for instance,
highlighting how global competition for lower production costs is
by no means a uniquely modern issue, and has b
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