The English cotton spinning industry, 1780–1840, as revealed in the columns of the <i>London Gazette</i>

Solar, Peter M.; Lyons, John S.

doi:10.1080/00076791.2011.565510

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“…It might also be noted that, as the industry became more spatially concentrated over time, some locations lost their mills. Based on the data in Peter M. Solar and John S. Lyons (2011), we can identify observations in our data set for which there was no mill in 1838 but where there is evidence for cotton textiles at an earlier date. Exit was positively correlated with high coal prices and negatively with textile inventiveness.…”

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The Location of the UK Cotton Textiles Industry in 1838: A Quantitative Analysis

Crafts

Wolf

2014

J. Econ. Hist.

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We examine the geography of cotton textiles in Britain in 1838 to test claims about why the industry came to be so heavily concentrated in Lancashire. Our analysis considers both first and second nature aspects of geography including the availability of water power, humidity, coal prices, market access and sunk costs. We show that some of these characteristics have substantial explanatory power. Moreover, we exploit the change from water to steam power to show that the persistent effect of first nature characteristics on industry location can be explained by a combination of sunk costs and agglomeration effects.

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The Location of the UK Cotton Textiles Industry in 1838: A Quantitative Analysis

Crafts

Wolf

2014

J. Econ. Hist.

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“…Bankruptcy also concerns economists, if only through the links between many bankruptcies and economic cycles (Moss and Hume, 1983). Bankruptcies are also a fertile source of information on sectoral and regional developments (Hoppit, 1987;Solar and Lyons, 2011). Finally, bankruptcies also concern wide swathes of social history and can be used as sources (Lester, 1995) in elaborating social history.…”

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Accounting valuation in nineteenth-century French bankruptcies

Labardin

2013

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The purpose of this article is to study accounting valuation practices in French bankruptcies following enactment of the Law of 1838. The research is based on a study of 500 files in the archives of the Paris Court of Commerce. After first presenting the main steps in the bankruptcy proceedings, it is shown how the self-interest of the agents – the bankrupt, the receiver, and the creditors – was built up through accounting valuation practices. The outcome of this analysis provides an insight into accounting valuation practices in nineteenth-century France and a better understanding of the self-interest of the agents in bankruptcy proceedings.

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The Trees of the Forest: Uncovering Small-Scale Producers in an Industrial District, 1781–1851

Lane¹

2022

Enterp. Soc.

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This article uses trade directories and notifications in the London Gazette to reconstruct the Potteries industrial district at the firm level for 1781 to 1851, a dynamic period of growth for a knowledge-intensive industry. It cuts across the organizational spectrum of the district in terms of the scale and scope of firms traditionally examined by including both the larger lead-firms and the smaller firms for which limited or no business records survive. It addresses difficulties associated with analysis of early clusters before the late nineteenth century. Directories offer a consistent series of records that, when cross-referenced with the Gazette and local newspapers, allow for detailed examination of firm behavior and the structure of the district during a formative growth period. Analysis highlights patterns of cooperative competition in an industry in which tacit knowledge played a crucial role as a source of competitive advantage, raises questions for future research, and provides an empirical base on which to consider further investigation of the trees that made up the forest.

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The English cotton spinning industry, 1780–1840, as revealed in the columns of the London Gazette

Cited by 14 publications

References 16 publications

The Location of the UK Cotton Textiles Industry in 1838: A Quantitative Analysis

The Location of the UK Cotton Textiles Industry in 1838: A Quantitative Analysis

Accounting valuation in nineteenth-century French bankruptcies

The Trees of the Forest: Uncovering Small-Scale Producers in an Industrial District, 1781–1851

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