Cotton Textiles and Corporate Buyers in Cottonopolis : A Study of Purchases and Prices in Gujarat 1600-1800

Contents : Preface. 1. Introduction: Economic Importance of Broach Region. 2. The European Trading Companies. 3. Supply Chain: Relationships and Arrangements. 4. The Dutch English Rivalry: The Expanding Quantities. 5. Portuguese Presence and Competition. 6. Corporate Matrix and Volume of Trade. 7. Textile Prices. 8. Dilemma of Quality and Quantity. 9. Variety and Variations. 10. Tolls and Taxes-Nature, Magnitude and Incidence. 11. Ancillary Industries. 12. Cotton Yarn. 13. Cotton. 14. Indigo (Jambusar) and other Economic Products. Glossary of Textile Varieties of Broach. Explanatory Notes Regarding Currency, Weights and Measures in use in Broach (Gujarat) during the 17th & 18th Centuries. Statements. Bibliography. Index.