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The Development of Cotton Textile Production in China (Harvard East Asian Monographs) - Hardcover

Chao, Kang

 
9780674200210: The Development of Cotton Textile Production in China (Harvard East Asian Monographs)

Synopsis

This book is the most thorough study yet written on the development of cotton textile production in China. The author has compiled data from a large number of sources in order to explore the origin of cotton textiles in the country and the remarkable expansion of cotton planting and handicraft production after the thirteenth century. He describes institutional and technological progress, the rise of modern mills, the impact on and adjustments of handicraft textiles, and the current situation in China. The book offers important insights into Chinese economic development and the modernization process in general.

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