The rise, maturity and geographic diffusion of the cotton industry, 1760-1900

This article examines the trajectory of the cotton industry, including calico printing, over the period 1760-1900. From its beginnings in England as a leading industry of the capitalist world-economy, it spread geographically on a major scale to finally reach the United States and Japan. Over the long term, it is argued that as it expanded and competition increased, profit rates tended to fall, although unevenly.

• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Journal of Philosophical Economics

• Publication date

  2010-11-20

• Fields of study

  Business, Economics, History

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.46298/jpe.10606
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