The British textile trade in South America in the nineteenth century
By: Manuel Llorca-Jaña
Series: Cambridge latin american studies -- 97
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9781107021297
Subjects: Commerce; Export marketing; History; Textile industry; South America; HISTORY / Latin America / General
Description: "This is the first work on British textile exports to South America during the nineteenth century. During this period, textiles ranked among the most important manufactures traded in the world market and Britain was the foremost producer. Thanks to new data, this book demonstrates that British exports to South America were transacted at very high rates during the first decades after independence. This development was due to improvements in the packing of textiles; decreasing costs of production and introduction of free trade in Britain; falling ocean freight rates, marine insurance and import duties in South America; dramatic improvements in communications; and the introduction of better port facilities. Manuel Llorca-Jaña explores the marketing chain of textile exports to South America and sheds light on South Americans' consumer behaviour. This book contains the most comprehensive database on Anglo-South American trade during the nineteenth century and fills an important gap in the historiography"--

"This is the first work on British textile exports to South America during the nineteenth century. During this period, textiles ranked among the most important manufactures traded in the world market, and Britain was the foremost producer. Thanks to new data, this book demonstrates that British exports to South America were transacted at very high rates during the first decades after independence. This development was due to improvements in the packing of textiles; decreasing costs of production and introduction of free trade in Britain; falling ocean freight rates, marine insurances, and import duties in South America; dramatic improvements in communications; and the introduction of better port facilities. Manuel Llorca-Jaą explores the marketing chain of textile exports to South America, and sheds light on South Americans' consumer behavior. This book contains the most comprehensive database on Anglo-South American trade during the nineteenth century and fills an important gap in the historiography"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Part I. The Trade Data: 1. Introduction; 2. Britain's textile exports to the Southern Cone: the data; Part II. The Market Chain: 3. The main links in the market chain; 4. Knowing, adapting to, and managing demand; 5. Contracts and commissions; 6. Paying for textiles: return remittances; Part III. Explaining the Data: 7. Developments in the industrialising core; 8. Developments in the Southern Cone; 9. Conclusions.