British Cotton Trade, 1600-1815

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  • Name Consumption, consumerism & associated ethics

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Collection of documents, or extracts from them, mostly comprising texts from archives, pamphlets, books, etc, touching on the development of British trade in and consumption of Indian cotton goods and the subsequent development of British production of finished cotton goods, from 1600 to 1815. Intended as a resource giving easy access to source material. Some reproduced as facsimiles. Arranged in three volumes which cover: 1] 'Early years of trade and British response to Indian cottons to the late 1600s; 2] 'International trade and the politics of consumption, 1690s-1730; 3] 'Establishing a British cotton trade, c1730-1815; 4] 'Establishing a British cotton trade, c1730-1815 [continued]'