Arbeitspapier
The spinning jenny and the industrial revolution: A reappraisal
Was the adoption of the spinning jenny profitable only in England? No. The present work finds that the jenny was profitable also in France. Such result contrasts recent findings on the topic by revising basic computations on the profitability of the spinning jenny.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: LEM Working Paper Series ; No. 2010/09
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Economic History: General
Development of the Discipline: Historiographical; Sources and Methods
Economic History: Transport, International and Domestic Trade, Energy, Technology, and Other Services: General, International, or Comparative
- Subject
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Industrial Revolution
choice of technique
spinning jenny
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Gragnolati, Ugo
Moschella, Daniele
Pugliese, Emanuele
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM)
- (where)
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Pisa
- (when)
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2010
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Gragnolati, Ugo
- Moschella, Daniele
- Pugliese, Emanuele
- Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM)
Time of origin
- 2010