Thesis (doctoral)--Göteborgs universitet, 1982. / Added t.p. with thesis statement inserted. Summary in English. Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-343).

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Masters in Public Administration - MPA / This reseacrh report is about the current role of the government/state in the restructuring of the clothing and textile industry in South Africa / South Africa

Please read the abstract (Summary) in the section, 00front of this document / Dissertation (M Eng (Electronic Engineering))--University of Pretoria, 2007. / Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering / MEng / unrestricted

This thesis aims to elaborate a case study of self-managed factories, which has been emerging in Argentina after the economic crisis in 2001. Mainly the conflictive origin, organization, role of the state and the dynamics of the movement of self-managed factories is discussed. This paper is based on European tradition of social movements' analysis and seeks to characterize movement of Argentine self-managed factories as so called old or new social movement. This dividing line will ultimately prove to be problematic.

This dissertation is a study of the mechanization of cotton spinning in turn-of-the-twentieth-century China. More specifically, it examines efforts made by the Chinese workers to keep imported spinning machines performing at maximum efficiency in their cotton mills. Such efforts ranged from customizing and modifying machines to suit the specific needs of individual cotton mills to repairing broken machines, maintaining aging machines, and sourcing parts locally by copying the originals. It also addresses endeavors made beyond the shop floor such as the cultivation of cotton varieties that better accommodated machine spinning and knowledge production of spinning technology and cotton cultivation in professional journals. The study of industrialization, especially regarding the rise of factory workers as a new social class, was once a popular topic for social historians and feminist scholars in the China field. Previous scholarship investigated the fragmented nature of the Chinese working class in terms of gender, skill, and native places, with detailed accounts of the workers’ daily lives. However, these studies have paid little attention to the actual process of mechanization. Mechanization on the Chinese shop floor was far from smooth, since foreign machines malfunctioned for various reasons at different stages of operation, requiring continuous adjustment, maintenance, and repair. Without an examination of this challenging process, we underestimate the Chinese as passive recipients of machines and technologies, under the assumption that Western machinery was a one-size-fits-all instrument for Chinese industrialization. My dissertation rectifies this neglect by reconstructing the concrete process of mechanization from a technological perspective. It draws upon a variety of technical writings such as machine manufacturers’ manuals, their contracts with client mills, engineering journals, agricultural reports, and factory regulations. It also revisits more conventional sources such as interviews with former factory workers. A critical reading of these sources reveals that Chinese engineers, machinists, and female machine operators strived to solve technological problems specific to their factories, with multiple layers of knowledge obtained through hands-on experience of machines and cotton as well as formal engineering education. All these human efforts to make better use of machines under varying financial, technological, and material conditions of each cotton mill, combined with larger political and social circumstances, determined the course of mechanization in China. The factory system in China was thus a craftwork, locally made on the basis of the global circulation of machines and technologies. By highlighting the process of mechanization, rather than mere importation of machines, this study makes interventions into the discussion of Chinese industrialization and, beyond that, into debates about industrialization and technology transfer more generally. First, in exploring a range of handwork performed by technical experts at different stages of mechanization, it argues for the significance of manual labor in the making of the factory system, thereby complicating the long-held dichotomy between craft and mechanization. Second, by demonstrating how new sets of knowledge were created on the Chinese shop floor in the course of using foreign machines, it challenges the assumption that technology transfer simply emanated from the West to be disseminated to the rest of the world.

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The purpose of this research was to analyze US apparel trade building up to and following the MFA IV renewal in 1986, so as to gain insight into the reasons for US apparel industry support of the new fiber inclusions, and to gauge effects of MFA IV on US apparel imports overall and specifically from the PRC. The study focused on the period 1978 - 1988. Total imports from all suppliers (World) were examined by country of origin: China (PRC), and rest of world (ROW); fiber content: MFA IV-fiber or all fibers and whether knitted or woven construction. The imports were then examined to determine the impact of economic variables such as the exchange rate, and US personal apparel consumption expenditure (PCE). Imports were found to have increased from 1978 to 1987 and then to have declined in all categories except one from 1987 to 1988. The MFA IV, implemented in August 1986 was believed to have caused a reduction of import volumes after an initial lag period (expected in international trade). However, other factors were implicated in the trade reduction primarily the fall of the dollar. The dollar was strong through the early 1980s until its peak in 1985, it then declined for the rest of the study. The one category which continued to increase after the trade restriction was items of MFA IV woven apparel. The reason for this continued increase is not clear but it is believed to be the absence of specific restriction, i.e., pure silk had not been included in bilateral agreements so it is possible that suppliers were switching the product mix to increasing quantities of the less restricted group. Also this would have been the case if the items were coming from new and/or unrestricted suppliers. In conclusion, it is felt that the apparel import rate or increase was the primary concern and the factor that determined action not the actual volume of imports as the MFA IV-fibers were increasingly used in apparel production. / Ph. D.

The report of the Baruch Committee on the rubber situation included a recommendation for a production of 60,000 ton per year production of Thiokol by the end of 1943. Thiokol is a type of synthetic rubber formed by the reaction between organic dihalides and inorganic polysulfides. They find wide application where resistance to petroleum oils, organic solvents, and low permeability. The purpose of this investigation was to design a Thiokol with a production of 2000 tons per year. Research was conducted to determine operating conditions for the production of sodium polysulfide, one of the raw materials for the production of Thiokol, and conditions for the Thiokol production. The information for the design of the ethylene dichloride, the other raw material of Thiokol, was obtained from literature. The studies of the polysulfide solution showed that 13.83 grams of sulfur would react with every 10. 2 grams of caustic when sulfur was in excess. The amount of sulfur that reacted was independent of the amount of excess sulfur. Other studies indicated that a dilution of 100 cc. of water per 10.2 grams of caustic was desirable, and that a period of 12 minutes of boiling gave the highest polysulfide content. Further time of boiling was not deleterious, but neither did the amount of sulfur as polysulfide increase. A complete sulfur analysis of the polysulfide solution showed a polysulfide content approximately 3.2 times that of the monosulfide indicating higher polysulfides than tetrasulfide being formed. Experiments conducted with the polysulfide solution as prepared and using just ethylene dichloride gave unsatisfactory results, although products obtained using lower temperatures were slightly better than those with higher temperatures. Magnesium chloride was unsatisfactory as a dispersing agent using the polysulfide as prepared, but ethyl alcohol gave satisfactory results. Studies of dilution yielded products of high values ranging from 91 to 75. Large amounts of freshly precipitated were satisfactory as dispersing agents but with small amounts the value of the product was 60. The highest valued product obtained was with 5 cc. of ethyl alcohol and dilution, but a satisfactory product, value 85, was obtained with one gram of magnesium chloride and dilution. Since the latter was more economical, these conditions were selected for the design of the Thiokol plant. Preconstruction cost accounting of the designed plant indicate an annual cost of $610,087 per year and a surplus of $589, 912 per year. This is based on a selling price of $0.30 per pound for Thiokol. / M.S.

by Wong Yiu. / Bibliography: leaf 100 / Thesis (M.Ph.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1986