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Bergadanas, continuas y mules. Tres geografías de la hilatura del algodón en cataluña (1790–1830)

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  • Alòs, Llorenç Ferrer i

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This article verifies the existence of three different and complementary geographies in the 1790–1830 period, a stage in the Catalan industrialization process that has deserved little attention among historians. The first one, of manual spinning by means of an improved jenny –locally named bergadana– in inner Catalonia; a second one of improved water-frame spinning in Manresa and the surrounding villages; and, finally, a third one of wood mule-jenny in Barcelona and some towns of the seaside district of the Maresme. These three areas were characterized by using distinctive power sources and producing different types of thread; they also had different wage levels; but they were complementary until the 1830's when the introduction of new mechanical instruments required important and innovative organization changes. The article ends with two analitical case studies: Salient as a typical example of manual spinning, and Manresa as a case of water frame spinning.

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  • Alòs, Llorenç Ferrer i, 2004. "Bergadanas, continuas y mules. Tres geografías de la hilatura del algodón en cataluña (1790–1830)," Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 22(2), pages 337-386, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:cup:reveco:v:22:y:2004:i:02:p:337-386_01
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