Publication: Olot, Barcelona and Avila and the introduction of the Arkwright technology to Catalonia
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2003
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Marcial Pons : Centro de Estudios Políticos : Fundación Caja Madrid
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Este articulo muestra los medios a través de los cuales la industria algodonera
catalana logró independizarse de las importaciones de hilo en una
etapa crítica de su desarrollo entre 1790 y la Guerra de la Independencia.
Ello fue posible gracias a la temprana difuisión de la tecnología Arkwright,
a lo cual contribuyeron hombres de negocios de Olot, Barcelona y Ávila vinculados
a distintas ramas manufactureras. El artículo también muestra el carácter
de la industria productora de maquinaria textil y los intentos realizados para
limitar la difusión de la nueva tecnología.
This article clarifies the means whereby the Catalán cotton índustry attained independence from imported yarn in a critical stage of its development between the 1790s and the War of Independence. It does so by tracking the origins, and early diffusion, of the Arkwright technology in Catalonia in the form of a machine-making and spinning company formed between an Olotí stocking frame knitter, a Barcelona silver-smith and an Ávila trained machinemaker. The spinning and weaving initiatives of the Company inform on the circunstances conditioning the Catalán industry's incorporation of the spinning processes. Light is also thrown on the character of machine-making at this stage of Catalán industrialízation in a pilot-entetpríse anxious to restríct technical díffusion.
This article clarifies the means whereby the Catalán cotton índustry attained independence from imported yarn in a critical stage of its development between the 1790s and the War of Independence. It does so by tracking the origins, and early diffusion, of the Arkwright technology in Catalonia in the form of a machine-making and spinning company formed between an Olotí stocking frame knitter, a Barcelona silver-smith and an Ávila trained machinemaker. The spinning and weaving initiatives of the Company inform on the circunstances conditioning the Catalán industry's incorporation of the spinning processes. Light is also thrown on the character of machine-making at this stage of Catalán industrialízation in a pilot-entetpríse anxious to restríct technical díffusion.
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Revista de Historia Económica Año XXI primavera-verano 2003 n. 2 pp. 297-334