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Chapter Promotion of high-quality textiles by prize competitions during the Enlightenment in Saxony. From raw material to finished product manufacturing

Preisaufgabe, or «prize competitions» were implemented in Saxony in 1764 to promote industry after the Seven Years’ War. We investigated the purpose of them and by whom, by analysing primary historical texts to uncover four criteria: (1) the best quality prototypes; (2) equivalent quality to foreign...

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Main Author: Horii, Seiji
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2023
Subjects:
prize competitions (Preisaufgabe)
textual analysis
knowledge diffusion
textile industry
enlightenment
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology
Online Access:ONIX_20230803_9791221500929_16
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