The World in Their Web: Dynamics of Textile MultinationalsMonograph on the dynamics of monopoly capitalism exercised by a few multinational enterprises in the world textile industry - analyses the rise of oligopoly, the structure of world cotton economic policy, the role of giant conglomerate traders, futures contracts and the international market, the international division of labour in synthetic textile fibres and petrochemical industries, end-use clothing industries and technological change implications. Bibliography pp. 257 to 270 and references. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Tables | 5 |
The Structure of the World Cotton Economy | 25 |
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The World in Their Web: Dynamics of Textile Multinationals Frederick Clairmonte,John Cavanagh No preview available - 1983 |
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