The development of cotton textile production in China / by Kang Chao ; with the assistance of Jessica C. Y. Chao.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zhao, Gang, 1929-

Contributor:

East Asian research center (Cambridge, Mass.), Editor.

Series:

Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 74.

Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 74

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cotton manufacture--China--History.

Cotton manufacture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Distribution:

Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 1977.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Harvard University Asia Center, 1977.

Summary:

There are many studies of the Chinese cotton textile industry for various time periods. But most of them are rather limited in the scope of inquiry, and, occasionally, their interpretations cannot stand rigorous economic reasoning. The present study is an attempt to reorganized the data, which are widely scattered in an extremely large number of Chinese historical documents and modern writings, in a systematic fashion, and to provide an economic analysis. This study covers the entire history of the industry.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

The Introduction of Cotton into China and Its Spread

Production and Distribution Institutions

Technology and Instruments

External Trade in Cotton and Cotton Goods

The Development of Modern Cotton Mills in China

Comparative Analyses of Modern Mills in China

Readjustments of the Handicraft Textiles

Estimation of Output and Consumption

Production of Cotton and Cotton Textiles Since 1949

Exports and Domestic Consumption

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Harvard East Asian Monographs.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 375-385.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-68417-205-5

OCLC:

568761951

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781684172054 DOI