The genesis of industrial capital : a study of the West Riding wool textile industry, c. 1750-1850 /

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Author / Creator:Hudson, Pat, 1948-
Imprint:Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c1986.
Description:xx, 345 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/781885
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ISBN:0521256712
Notes:Based on the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--University of York, 1981.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [313]-331.
Table of Contents:
  • List of plates
  • List of diagrams, graphs and maps
  • List of tables
  • Foreword Frantois Crouzet
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Part I. Introduction
  • 1. The study of capital accumulation
  • 2. An industry in transition: the West Riding wool textile sector, 1750-1850
  • Part II. The Primary Accumulation of Capital
  • 3. Proto-industrialisation
  • 4. Land and industry
  • Part III. The Web of Credit
  • 5. Wool purchase
  • 6. Materials, plant, services and labour
  • 7. The trade in woollen and worsted products
  • 8. Trade credit and growth
  • Part IV. External and Internal Finance
  • 9. Attorneys, banks and industry
  • 10. Ploughed-back profits
  • Part V. Summary and Conclusion
  • 11. The genesis of industrial capital
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Primary sources
  • Major secondary sources
  • Name and place index
  • Subject index