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Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 71 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Cotton.
6. The Political Economy of Structural Adjustment. The Case of Cotton, Coffee and Maize Production in Arumeru and Geita District, Tanzania
Sammanfattning : This licensiate thesis is based on a number of fieldworks in Arumeru and Geita district during the years 1992-1996, as well as on national level in Tanzania. The aim was to study how the SAPs have affected local level economies, with a specific focus on cash crop (coffee and cotton) vs food crop production, as well as social service provision on local level with a focus on the quantity and quality of health and education. LÄS MER
7. Characterization of cellulose in post-consumer cotton textiles
Sammanfattning : The overall objective of this thesis is to provide a background to the recycling of cotton. Since cotton consists of pure cellulose, it might be possible to include used cotton, in the already existing viscose industry. LÄS MER
8. Marknadens väv : Svenska mekaniserade bomullsväverier i distribution och försäljning 1850-75
Sammanfattning : The breakthrough for mechanized weaving in Sweden occured during the 1850's. Rapidly increasing quantities of cotton-textiles had to reach customers in a country with a scattered population and substansial social and economic differences between various parts of the country. LÄS MER
9. Multifunctional Foams Based on Nanomaterials from Plants and Textile Waste
Sammanfattning : Nanoparticles extracted from plants or textile waste are promising candidates for the design of sustainable materials. In this thesis, I explored how nanoparticles extracted from trees and from Kevlar and cotton textile wastes can be processed to form lightweight composite foams. LÄS MER
10. Egypt Ignited : How Steam Power Arrived on the Nile and Integrated Egypt into Industrial Capitalism (1820s-76)
Sammanfattning : How did fossil-fuelled technology find its way to Egypt on its way to global dominance? This thesis presents a socioecological history of energy technologies in agrarian production in pre-colonial Egypt (1820s – 76). It situates them in the nineteenth century, understood as the beginning of the epoch of the Capitalocene; and in Egypt’s case, this is simultaneously part of the rise of Britain’s fossil empire. LÄS MER
