Flax and Hemp Cultivation and Manufacture on Slovene Soil in the Past Century and until the Breakup of the Dual Monarchy

Authors

  • Katarina Kobe Arzenšek

Keywords:

19th Cenutry, Slovenia, Economic history, textiles, craft

Abstract

The author presents flax and hemp cultivation and manufacture on Slovene soil in the 19th century and establishes that extensive production was characteristic of both. The traditional Slovene linen manufacture was wiped out by the cotton industry and the development of the railway traffic which enabled the competition of foreign producers of ready-made clothes, as well as by the breakthrough of steamers due to which the consumption of sail cloth went down.

Published

1986-01-01

Issue

Section

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