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.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: LEM Working Paper Series ; No. 2010/09

Classification
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
Industrial Revolution
choice of technique
spinning jenny

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Gragnolati, Ugo
Moschella, Daniele
Pugliese, Emanuele
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM)
(where)
Pisa
(when)
2010

Handle
Last update
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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

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