TY - JOUR AB - Remarks on the parallel in the basis of the riches of the aristocracy and plutocracy. Illustrates the argument from the history of the development of the cotton textile industry, the underpinnings for its growth being the inventions prior to and during the eighteenth century. Exemplifies the part of inventions as the begetter of plutocratic wealth. Sir Richard Arkwright, notably, was its salacious issue. VL - 20 IS - 12 SN - 0306-8293 DO - 10.1108/03068299310045785 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/03068299310045785 AU - Wellington Donald C. PY - 1993 Y1 - 1993/01/01 TI - Sir Richard Arkwright: Premier Crook in the Industrial Revolution T2 - International Journal of Social Economics PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 37 EP - 49 Y2 - 2024/04/26 ER -