A Critical Review of the Issue of Cotton and Cotton Cloth Consumption in the Controversy between Kenneth Pomeranz and Philip C.C.Huang:Another Assessment with Areas South of the Yangtze River as the Main Research Object

With regard to the actual condition ofand changes in the textile consumption ofthe Chinese people since the 18th century,Xu Xinwu laid an empirical basis for assess-ing the production and consumption of cot-ton cloth in his History of Handwoven ClothSouth of the Yangtze River, with the main