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Industry and Trade, 1800–1938

In: The Economy of Modern Malta

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  • Paul Caruana Galizia

    (Humboldt-University of Berlin)

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This chapter first analyses the impact of the colonial state on manufacturing and trade, going from investments in education and infrastructure to trade policy. It then provides a novel analysis of the effect of colonial trade policy on the cotton handicrafts sector, and the failure of Malta to experience broad-based and fast industrialization. Next is analysis of the distortive effect of British military expenditure, with a particular focus on the Royal Dockyards. A section on Malta’s role as an entrepôt follows; how its integration into the global economy made it a major coaling and shipping centre for a while, and how this led to the development of its first merchant banks. The concluding section covers the difficulties Malta faced in diversifying its economy.

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  • Paul Caruana Galizia, 2017. "Industry and Trade, 1800–1938," Palgrave Studies in Economic History, in: The Economy of Modern Malta, chapter 0, pages 127-223, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palscp:978-1-137-56598-3_3
    DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-56598-3_3
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