Twilight of an Industry in East Africa

Textile Manufacturing, 1830-1940

Katharine Frederick

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English

Springer Nature Switzerland AG
21 August 2021

Economic history; Textile industries

Series: Palgrave Studies in Economic History

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 comparatively more resilient textile centers elsewhere on the continent to derive insights into the determinants of differing industrial trajectories across sub-Saharan Africa. The author argues that scholars have placed undue weight on global forces as the primary drivers of industrial decline in the Global South. Rather, this book reveals how local factors – principally demographic, geographic, and institutional features – interacted with external forces to influence unique regional outcomes during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as sub-Saharan African was increasingly integrated into global trade networks and European colonial empires.

By: Katharine Frederick
Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Edition: 2020 ed.
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm,
Weight: 374g
ISBN: 9783030439224
ISBN 10: 3030439224
Series: Palgrave Studies in Economic History
Pages: 261
Publication Date: 21 August 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Katharine Frederick is Assistant Professor and Postdoctoral Researcher at Utrecht University, The Netherlands, with a focus on the social and economic history of sub-Saharan Africa.