The development of sericulture and the production of silk in Croatia
The development of sericulture and the production of silk in Croatia

Summary/Abstract: During the second half of the 18th century the Court in Vienna gave special support to one specific economic branch of the Croatian Kingdom: sericulture. According to mercantilist views of that time, the production of raw silk was a significant way of combining inexpensive production with expensive sale of raw silk in order to make large profits and inprove the balance of trade. Sericulture in a way represented the most suitable and optimum combination of the Frontier's military and agricultural obligations on the one hand and high economic politics of the Monarchy on the other. Due to this, sericulture is also a specific phenomenon in the Military Frontier as regards initiating economic growth since silk wasn't manufactured for domestic purposes of the Frontier's inhabitants but was exported to other parts of the Monarchy.

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