Twilight of an industry in East Africa : textile manufacturing, 1830-1940

Twilight of an industry in East Africa : textile manufacturing, 1830-1940 / Katharine Frederick.

Cotton textile industries vanished from much of East Africa during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This book investigates the underlying causes of industrial arrest in the region through a series of in-depth case studies. Findings are considered in light of existing studies on comparat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Frederick, Katharine (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]
Series:Palgrave studies in economic history.
Subjects:
Cotton textile industry > Africa, East > History.
Cotton textile industry
Africa, East
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: Africas Piece of the Global Textile Puzzle
  • Chapter 2. An Industry Vanishes: Cotton Cloth Manufacturing in Malawis Lower Shire Valley, 1850-1930
  • Chapter 3. Rise of the Coastal Consumer: Coast-Side Drivers of East Africas Cotton Cloth Imports, 1830-1900
  • Chapter 4. The Limits of the Caravan Trade: Cloth Imports into Interior Central East Africa, c. 1850-1900
  • Chapter 5. Globalization or Colonial Taxation? Explaining the Decline of Textile Production in Ufipa, Tanzania, c. 1880-1940
  • Chapter 6. Drivers of Divergence: Textile Manufacturing in East and West Africa from the Early Modern Period to the Post-Colonial Era
  • Chapter 7. Conclusion: Global-Local Interactions and Industry in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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