Figured Tapestry: Production, Markets and Power in Philadelphia Textiles, 1855-1941

Type

Book

Authors

Philip Scranton

ISBN 10

0521342872

ISBN 13

9780521342872

Tags

Economic History, Industries, State & Local, Economics, United States

Description

Focusing on the Philadelphia textile trades from the era of the Knights of Labor through World War II, this book is a study of industrial maturity and decline. The author assesses the significance and limits of industrial versatility, owner-operated businesses, craft labor and its organizations, and the agglomeration of specialized mills in urban districts. An interdisciplinary blend of business, labor, urban, and economic history, industrial geography, and the history of technology, the book illuminates the hidden world of batch production, the "other side" of American industrialization, and highlights both the benefits and the hazards of flexibility. - from Amzon

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