Cotton Textiles and the Industrial Revolution in a Global Context
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4162977 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Giorgio Riello (0000-0002-0044-3595, European University Institute and University of Warwick, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 255 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 87-139 |
| Publication date | 2022-04-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Past & Present (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-2746 • E-ISSN: 1477-464X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/pastj/gtab016 |
| OpenAlex | W4210592370 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 2 |
In recent decades, economic historians have revisited the Industrial Revolution in a global context. Their interpretations rely mostly on comparative methods. This article shows instead that there is a profound and significant relationship between industrialization and global exchange, and that consumption of cotton textiles was central to such a relationship. Yet, historians should not consider global trade in the context of separate world regions. The history of cotton textiles reveals the extent to which the worldwide integration of different spaces of commerce and consumption, most especially those of the Atlantic and the Indian oceans, brought advantages to European traders and manufacturers. Taking this view, the article argues that the demand and consumption of textiles were important in determining the scale as well as the shape and specialisms of European textile production. This was not only the demand generated by European consumers - as supported by much of the European 'consumer revolution' literature - but also the demand of a wider group of users in the Atlantic region. The reshaping of trade and consumption in turn had important consequences for the production of cotton textiles both in India and in Europe
Archaeology · Business · Commerce · Consumption (sociology) · Context (archaeology) · Economics · Economy · Geography · Industrial production · Industrial Revolution · Industrialisation · Market economy · Political science · Production (economics) · Social science · Sociology · Textile · Textile industry · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · Law
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 1.67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |