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- Title
1919〜1929年における北部イタリア「絹織物業」の輸出拡大.
- Authors
Hino Makiko
- Abstract
This article examines the reasons why the Italian silk industry, including artificial silk, was able to expand its exports during the 1920s. The focus will be on the Como district, northern Italy, which is located in 'the northern industrial triangle' that was the main center of Italian industrialization after national unification. The paper considers four possible explanations for the increase in exports. The first factor was the modernization in management organization in the early 1920s, which accelerated the development of the industry. Secondly, the simultaneous development of the textile machine industry made it possible to improve the quality of textiles and helped the silk industry to acquire new markets for its goods. Thirdly, the introduction of artificial silk as a raw material drastically changed the quality and variety of finished goods. And, finally, the increasing use of artificial silk reduced the price of silk textiles and led to further expansion of silk textile exports by the big companies in the region, capturing new markets in Asia, Africa and South America in the second half of the 1920s. The shift to new markets was one of the reactions to the tariff barrier on silk textiles imposed by the British government in 1925.
- Subjects
COMO (Italy); ITALY; SILK industry; ECONOMIC conditions in Italy, 1918-1945; INDUSTRIAL management; TEXTILE machinery industry; RAYON industry; SILK; PRICES; INTERNATIONAL trade
- Publication
Socio-Economic History / Shakai-Keizai Shigaku, 2012, Vol 78, Issue 1, p3
- ISSN
0038-0113
- Publication type
Article