Analyses the sources of finance used in the Yorkshire wool textile sector during the 'industrial revolution'.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of plates; List of diagrams, graphs and maps; List of tables; Foreword François 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.
