1. Antecedents to the factory system -- 2. Early spinning mills and localisation -- 3. The new cotton factories : a short chronology -- 4. The expansion of trade : organisation and development -- 5. Local loan markets and social networks -- 6. Setting up a new plant -- 7. Financial sources and commercial credit -- 8. Francesco Turati and his network enterprise -- 9. The "Ponti" family-firm : proto-industry, factory and finance -- 10. The cotton business in Milan : an oligarchic structure -- 11. Channels and forms of technology transfer -- 12. Industrial plants, water wheels and turbines -- 13. Inside the factories : textile machinery and production organisation -- 14. Slow changes in weaving manufacture
