The Survival of Handloom Weaving in Rural Canada Circa 1870
研究了19世纪末加拿大农村手织布机在工业原料和低成本女性劳动力支持下得以存续的现象,发现其产品对收入敏感且受寒冷气候推动,对经济史和农村发展研究者有参考价值。
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.