An economic history of the silk industry, 1830-1930
By: Giovanni Federico.
Series: Cambridge studies in modern economic history ;; 5
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
Subjects: Silk industry -- History -- 19th century.; Silk industry -- History -- 20th century.
Description: An economic history of the silk industry, 1830-1930 is an ambitious and innovative historical analysis of the development of a major commodity. Doctor Federico examines the rapid growth of the world silk industry from the early nineteenth-century to the eve of the Great Depression of the 1930s.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-255) and index.