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An Economic History of the Silk Industry, 1830-1930 (Paperback)
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An Economic History of the Silk Industry, 1830-1930 (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Studies in Modern Economic History
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An Economic History of the Silk Industry, 1830-1930, first
published in 1997, is an ambitious historical analysis of the
development of a major commodity. Dr Federico examines the rapid
growth of the world silk industry from the early nineteenth century
to the eve of the Great Depression of the 1930s. Silk production
grew as a result of Western industrialisation, which in turn
brought about increased incomes and thus increased demand for silk
products. The author documents the changes in methods of production
and the technical progress that enabled the silk industry to cope
with this new influx in demand. Dr Federico then discusses the
significant changes in the geographical distribution of world
output that accompanied this growth. In conclusion, Federico points
out that silk did indeed becomes the first example of a Japanese
success story on the world market, Italy and China both losing
their markets due to Japan's large agricultural supply of raw
material (cocoons) and its adroitness in importing and adopting
Western technology.
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