绪论
1 The Thirty-Ninth Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce for the Year 1859 (Manchester: Cave & Sever, 1860), 18, 19, 22, 23, 33, 34, 38, 39, 45.
2 “Liverpool. By Order of the Liverpool Cotton Association Ltd., Catalogue of the Valuable Club Furnishings etc. to be Sold by Auction by Marsh Lyons & Co., Tuesday, 17th December 1963,” Greater Manchester County Record Office, Manchester, UK.
3 “Monthly Economic Letter: U.S. and Global Market Fundamentals,” Cotton Incorporated , accessed January 23, 2013, http://www.cottoninc.com/corporate/Market-Data/MonthlyEconomicLetter/ ; “The Fabric of Our Lives,” accessed July 1, 2012, http://www.thefabricofourlives.com/ .
4 在美国，绵羊平均提供的羊毛是7.3磅。“Fast Facts…About American Wool,” American Sheep Industry Association, accessed March 10, 2013, www.sheepusa.org .世界棉花作物的总重量除以这个数字，得出生产同样重量羊毛需要多少只羊。Government of South Australia, “Grazing livestock—a sustainable and productive approach,” Adelaide & Mt Lofty Ranges Natural Resource Management Board, accessed March 10, 2013, www.amlrnrm.sa.gov.au/Portals/2/landholders_info/grazing_web.pdf ; “European Union,” CIA—The World Factbook, accessed March 16, 2013, https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ee.html . 根据第一个来源，假设一公顷土地可以养活十只成年羊，如果一年中有十二个月可以放牧的话。这是用来计算养70亿只羊所需的土地面积，然后与欧盟的面积进行比较。根据《中央情报局世界实况手册》（CIA World Factbook），欧盟的面积为4324782平方公里。
5 Edward Baines, History of the Cotton Manufacture in Great Britain (London: H. Fisher, R. Fisher, and P. Jackson, 1835), 5–6; see Kenneth Pomeranz, T