Silk and globalisation in eighteenth-century London : commodities, people and connections c.1720-1800
The eighteenth century was the golden age of silk weaving in London. This thesis shows that the expansion and success of the silk industry was dependent upon connections with other regions around the world. Supplies of raw materials and labour came into London from Europe, the Levant and India. Lond...
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Birkbeck (University of London)
2014
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