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1 THE FIBRE THAT CHANGED THE WORLD The Cotton Industry in International Perspective, s EDITED BY AND PASOLD RESEARCH FUND OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

2 CONTENTS List of Illustrations List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Maps xvii xix xxi xxv xxviii Part I The Industry in Global Context 1 The Role of Cotton as a World Power, AND 2 The Role of Merchants as Prime Movers in the Expansion of the Cotton Industry, The challenge posed by a global approach to the history of the cotton industry The main trends in development, The challenge posed by a marketing approach to the history of the cotton industry The role of Manchester merchants The achievement of the trading companies of Japan The transformation of mercantile activity in Manchester under the pressure of foreign competition, The achievement of the tiger economies of East Asia in creating a world market in clothing, The development of marketing techniques in America Conclusion 54 3 The Lancashire Cotton Industry, the Royal Navy, and the British Empire, c.i JOHN SINGLETON 3.1 Introduction 57

3 3.2 Imperial expansion and industrial revolution The Victorian high tide Economic and naval challenge The final phase Conclusion 82 4 The International Diffusion of Cotton Manufacturing Technology, S Introduction The recent context Diffusion by means of printed information Diffusion by skilled artisans Diffusion by means of industrial exhibitions State-sponsored technology acquisition Multinational corporations as agents of cotton technology transfer Technological systems builders : merchants, machine makers, and consultants as agents of cotton technology transfer The effects of the diffusion of cotton manufacturing technology in the global cotton industry Conclusion Technological Evolution in Cotton Spinning, GARY SAXONHOUSE AND GAVIN WRIGHT 5.1 Introduction The transoceanic migrations of continuous and intermittent spinning The textile machinery industry Hypotheses and evidence New evidence: machine size and machine speed Dividing and conquering the markets: trends in yarn count Conclusion International Changes in Cotton-Manufacturing Productivity, s Introduction Technology transfer, invention, and productivity International changes in cotton manufacturing productivity Conclusion Organization and Management in the Global Cotton Industry, 1800s 1990s Introduction The historiography of the organization of the Lancashire cotton industry Firms, markets, and culture in the global cotton industry, s Management in cotton manufacturing, 1830s 1990s Conclusion 245 Part II The Industry in Europe and the USA 8 Technology Transfer to the Catalan Cotton Industry: From Calico Printing to the Self-Acting Mule 249 J. K. J. THOMSON 8.1 Introduction Technological change related to calico printing Why calico printing? The introduction of mordant and madder printing techniques to Spain Indigo printing Copper-plate printing Cylinder printing and the 'perrotine' Spinning New sources of energy: water power and steam power Conclusion The Birth of the Dutch Cotton Industry, ALFONS VAN DER KRAAN, 9.1 Introduction An assisted birth Conclusion 304 xi

4 Xll xiii It Could Have Been Worse: The West German Cotton Industry, STEPHAN H. LINDNER 10.1 Introduction 10.2 The textile industry and its cotton branches: an overview 10.3 Stagnation in a booming economy 10.4 Decline in a still prosperous economy 10.5 Conclusion The Russian Technical Society and British Textile Machinery Imports STUART THOMPSTONE " Technology transfer in theory and practice Steam engine and boiler technology and transmission systems British-influenced factory design Finishing equipment Raw materials supplies Spinning technology Cotton weaving technology Factory management Social factors " Conclusion Path Dependence and the Origins of Cotton Textile Manufacturing in New England JOSHUA L. ROSENBLOOM Introduction The early development of the American textile industry 12.3 The origins of the Massachusetts system 12.4 Tariff protection and path dependence 12.5 Conclusion Part III The Industry in Asia 13 The Role of Cotton Textiles in the Economic Development of India, The transfer of textile designs from Europe by the East India Company The revolution in the Anglo-Indian trade in textiles, The establishment of the first spinning mill in Bombay The three mill-building booms of , , and The internal diffusion of the cotton industry from Bombay, The forging of a machinery supply chain, The penetration of Lancashire piece-goods into the Indian market The survival and renaissance of the native hand-loom weavers The achievements of Bombay in the supply of the markets of Asia, The rebirth of India as a global exporter, The comparative performance of Pakistan and Bangladesh as exporters, Pakistan Bangladesh India's withdrawal from, and its re-entry into, world trade in textiles, J 3 The triumph of the small-scale power-loom manufacturers, Embedded constraints upon economic development Rural Manufacture in China's Cotton Industry, LINDA GROVE 14.1 Introduction The development of China's indigenous cotton industry The nineteenth-century reorganization of the cotton industry 437

5 XIV xv 14.4 The move toward large production units, Economic reform policies and China's cotton industry Conclusion Organizational Changes in the Japanese Cotton Industry during the Inter-War Period: From Inter-Firm-Based Organization to Cross-Sector-Based Organization 461 TAKESHI ABE 15.1 Introduction The background to the structural change The inter-firm-based organization before the First World War The major changes in industrial structure after the First World War The establishment of cross-sector-based organization Changes in the nature of traditional strategies The development of downstream industry The development of new strategies The diffusion of automatic power-looms and its limit The adoption of the high draft system and the production of fine yarn The adoption of air-conditioning systems and improvements in the quality of yarn Conclusion 16 The Development of Factory Management in Japan During the Early Stages of Industrialization: The Kanegafuchi Cotton-Spinning Company before the First World War 495 TETSUYA KUWAHARA 16.1 Introduction Acquisition of rivals and problems of variable product quality Acquisition of rivals Variable product quality The factory as a technical system The factory The role of workers in the technical system Standardization Structural reform for direct control 51 o Standardization Skill training Securing the cooperation of the workers Conclusion International Circumstances Surrounding the Post-War Japanese Cotton Textile Industry 521 KAORU SUGIHARA 17.1 Introduction Patterns of inter-asian competition The disintegration of the Commonwealth market The first period The second period The third period The impact of Asia's industrialization 551 Part IV Concluding Perspectives 18 The Role of the Cotton Industry in Economic Development The cotton industry and the economic development of the United Kingdom The role of the subsidiary industries in creating a regional economy The cotton industry and the economic development ofeurope The cotton industry and the economic development of America The creative influence of the export trade in cotton yarn The cotton industry and the economic development ofjapan The cotton industry and the economic development of China 581 Select Bibliography Index

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