THE SURVIVAL OF HANDLOOM WEAVING IN RURAL CANADA CIRCA 1870
成果类型：
Article; Proceedings Paper
署名作者：
Dalhousie University
刊物名称：
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC HISTORY
ISSN/ISSBN：
0022-0507
DOI：
10.1017/S0022050700012961
发表日期：
1993
页码：
346-358
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摘要：
Handloom weaving with a mixture of wool and cotton yarn was common in late nineteenth-century Canada. The hand technology survived using industrial inputs and part-time female labor whose opportunity cost was relatively low in rural areas. The demand for homespun was income-sensitive and reinforced by the cold Canadian climate. The patterns of weaving by men and women differed, but both produced for the market in addition to home consumption. Cloth constituted a significant share of farm production, especially in low-income areas.