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Carpet Capital

Author : Randall L. Patton
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820324647
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Carpet Capital written by Randall L. Patton and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2003-12-01 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After World War II, the carpet industry came to be identified with the Dalton region of northwest Georgia. Here, entrepreneurs hit upon a new technology called tufting, which enabled them to take control of this important segment of America’s textile industry, previously dominated by woven-wool carpet manufacturers in the Northeast. Dalton now dominates carpet production in the United States, manufacturing 70 percent of the domestic product, and prides itself as the carpet capital of the world. Carpet Capital is a story of revolutionary changes that transformed both an industry and a region. Its balanced and candid account details the rise of a home-grown southern industry and entrepreneurial capitalism at a time when other southern state and local governments sought to attract capital and technology from outside the region. The book summarizes the development of the American carpet industry from the early nineteenth century through the 1930s. In describing the tufted carpet boom, it focuses on Barwick Mills, Galaxy Mills, and Shaw Industries as representative of various phases in the industry’s history. It tells how owners coordinated efforts to keep carpet mills unorganized, despite efforts of the Textile Workers Union of America, by promoting a vision of the future based on individual ambition rather than collective security. Randall L. Patton and David B. Parker show that Dalton has evolved in much the same way as California’s Silicon Valley, experiencing both a rapid expansion of new firms started by entrepreneurs who had apprenticed in older firms and an air of cooperation both among owners and between mills and local government. Their close examination of this industry provides important insights for scholars and business leaders alike, enhancing our appreciation of entrepreneurial achievement and broadening our understanding of economic growth in the modern South.

Family Firm to Modern Multinational

Author : Charles W. Cheape
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674292611
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (926 download)

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Download or read book Family Firm to Modern Multinational written by Charles W. Cheape and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Business, Banking, and Politics

Author : Steven Tolliday
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674087255
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (872 download)

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Download or read book Business, Banking, and Politics written by Steven Tolliday and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1920s, the "black decade" of British steel, nearly everyone agreed that the industry's revival depended on replacing obsolete equipment and instituting modern technologies that would increase production and decrease costs. Despite consensus, these goals were not reached and, even after wartime and postwar reconstruction needs were met, the industry continued its steady decline. Steven Tolliday advances three hypotheses for this stagnation. First, the problems of British steel, Tolliday suggests, were embedded in the structures of individual firms and of the industry as a whole--both unchanged since the prosperous years of the nineteenth century--and after World War I fractured by conflicting interests (share holders, managers, family members, bankers, creditors). Second, the two external institutions that might have enforced reorganization and modernization--the banking system and the government--were overcautious, had complex and contradictory goals, and lacked the management skills to exploit their potential financial leverage. Third, the many attempts at reform by banks and government collapsed because these establishments, like the industry itself, were constrained by traditions and antiquated structural rigidities. This excellent example of a new direction in business history--analysis of a given industry by conveying the interaction of technology, markets, companies, financial institutions, and government--brings many important theoretical questions into focus and also contributes substantially to the scrutiny of specific problems, such as why the British economy appears to be in irrevocable decline.

Business History

Author : Kenneth. A. Tucker
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135160961
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (351 download)

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Download or read book Business History written by Kenneth. A. Tucker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-19 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1977. This set of readings has been planned to demonstrate good examples of the writing of business history using a wide range of source material. Furthermore, the intention is to aid the development of critical perception and facilitate further analysis. The overriding criterion in selection has therefore been the framework of structure-conduct-performance for the industry, activity or firm. The emphasis is on the technical and organisational relationships between the governing factor input and output conditions and the objectives and control mechanisms of the decision-making personnel.

The Second Wave

Author : Philip Scranton
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780820322186
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (221 download)

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Download or read book The Second Wave written by Philip Scranton and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though it had helped define the New South era, the first wave of regional industrialization had clearly lost momentum even before the Great Depression. These nine original case studies look at how World War II and its aftermath transformed the economy, culture, and politics of the South. From perspectives grounded in geography, law, history, sociology, and economics, several contributors look at southern industrial sectors old and new: aircraft and defense, cotton textiles, timber and pulp, carpeting, oil refining and petrochemicals, and automobiles. One essay challenges the perception that southern industrial growth was spurred by a disproportionate share of federal investment during and after the war. In covering the variety of technological, managerial, and spatial transitions brought about by the South's "second wave" of industrialization, the case studies also identify a set of themes crucial to understanding regional dynamics: investment and development; workforce training; planning, cost-containment, and environmental concerns; equal employment opportunities; rural-to-urban shifts and the decay of local economies entrepreneurism; and coordination of supply, service, and manufacturing processes. From boardroom to factory floor, the variety of perspectives in The Second Wave will significantly widen our understanding of the dramatic reshaping of the region in the decades after 1940.

Hell's Kitchen and the Battle for Urban Space

Author : Joseph J. Varga
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1583673504
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (836 download)

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Download or read book Hell's Kitchen and the Battle for Urban Space written by Joseph J. Varga and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hell’s Kitchen is among Manhattan’s most storied and studied neighborhoods. A working-class district situated next to the West Side’s middle- and upper-class residential districts, it has long attracted the focus of artists and urban planners, writers and reformers. Now, Joseph Varga takes us on a tour of Hell’s Kitchen with an eye toward what we usually take for granted: space, and, particularly, how urban spaces are produced, controlled, and contested by different class and political forces. Varga examines events and locations in a crucial period in the formation of the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood, the Progressive Era, and describes how reformers sought to shape the behavior and experiences of its inhabitants by manipulating the built environment. But those inhabitants had plans of their own, and thus ensued a struggle over the very spaces—public and private, commercial and personal—in which they lived. Varga insightfully considers the interactions between human actors, the built environment, and the natural landscape, and suggests how the production of and struggle over space influence what we think and how we live. In the process, he raises incisive questions about the meaning of community, citizenship, and democracy itself.

Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 922 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 922 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Harvard Studies in Business History

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Harvard Studies in Business History written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Proprietary Capitalism

Author : Philip Scranton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521521352
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book Proprietary Capitalism written by Philip Scranton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-10-30 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A careful reconstruction of the rise of textile capitalism in the Quaker City.

The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art

Author : Gerald W. R. Ward
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0195313917
Total Pages : 848 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art written by Gerald W. R. Ward and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques deals with all aspects of materials, techniques, conservation, and restoration in both traditional and nontraditional media, including ceramics, sculpture, metalwork, painting, works on paper, textiles, video, digital art, and more. Drawing upon the expansive scholarship in The Dictionary of Art and adding new entries, this work is a comprehensive reference resource for artists, art dealers, collectors, curators, conservators, students, researchers, and scholars." "Similar in design to The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts, this one-volume reference work contains articles of various lengths in alphabetical order. The shorter, more factual articles are combined with larger, multi-section articles tracing the development of materials and techniques in various geographical locations. The Encyclopedia provides unparalleled scope and depth, and it offers fully updated articles and bibliography as well as over 150 illustrations and color plates." "The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques offers scholarly information on materials and techniques in art for anyone who studies, creates, collects, or deals in works of art. The entries are written to be accessible to a wide range of readers, and the work is designed as a reliable and convenient resource covering this essential area in the visual arts."

American Economic and Business History Information Sources

Author : Robert Woodberry Lovett
Publisher : Detroit : Gale Research Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book American Economic and Business History Information Sources written by Robert Woodberry Lovett and published by Detroit : Gale Research Company. This book was released on 1971 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The History of Foreign Investment in the United States, 1914-1945

Author : Mira WILKINS
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674045181
Total Pages : 1009 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)

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Book Synopsis The History of Foreign Investment in the United States, 1914-1945 by : Mira WILKINS

Download or read book The History of Foreign Investment in the United States, 1914-1945 written by Mira WILKINS and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 1009 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mira Wilkins, the foremost authority on foreign investment in the United States, continues her magisterial history in a work covering the critical years 1914-1945. Wilkins includes all long-term inward foreign investments, both portfolio (by individuals and institutions) and direct (by multinationals), across such enterprises as chemicals and pharmaceuticals, textiles, insurance, banks and mortgage providers, other service sector companies, and mining and oil industries. She traces the complex course of inward investments, presents the experiences of the investors, and examines the political and economic conditions, particularly the range of public policies, that affected foreign investments. She also offers valuable discussions on the intricate cross-investments of inward and outward involvements and the legal precedents that had long-term consequences on foreign investment. At the start of World War I, the United States was a debtor nation. By the end of World War II, it was a creditor nation with the strongest economy in the world. Integrating economic, business, technological, legal, and diplomatic history, this comprehensive study is essential to understanding the internationalization of the American economy, as well as broader global trends.

The Charles Ilfeld Company

Author : William Jackson Parish
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674110755
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Charles Ilfeld Company written by William Jackson Parish and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1961 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a pioneering study of far western commercial enterprise from Santa Fe Trail days to the present, detailed company records reveal the merchants' solutions of monetary exchange, balance of trade, and transportation problems, in depression and prosperity. Finally, the author traces the defeat of mercantile capitalism by modern specialization. New materials give valuable insights into the history of economic development in the western hemisphere. An important book for economists and historians, its frontier stories will delight less specialized readers.

International Bibliography of Business History

Author : Francis Goodall
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136138285
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (361 download)

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Download or read book International Bibliography of Business History written by Francis Goodall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of business history has changed and grown dramatically over the last few years. There is less interest in the traditional `company-centred' approach and more concern about the wider business context. With the growth of multi-national corporations in the 1980s, international and inter-firm comparisons have gained in importance. In addition, there has been a move towards improving links with mainstream economic, financial and social history through techniques and outlook. The International Bibliography of Business History brings all of the strands together and provides the user with a comprehensive guide to the literature in the field. The Bibliography is a unique volume which covers the depth and breadth of research in business history. This exhaustive volume has been compiled by a team of subject specialists from around the world under the editorship of three prestigious business historians.

The Lower Merrimack River Valley

Author : Peter M. Molloy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book The Lower Merrimack River Valley written by Peter M. Molloy and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

American Business History

Author : Herman Edward Krooss
Publisher : Englewood Cliffs, N.J : Prentice-Hall
ISBN 13 : 9780130240910
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book American Business History written by Herman Edward Krooss and published by Englewood Cliffs, N.J : Prentice-Hall. This book was released on 1972 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Visible Poor

Author : Joel Blau
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0195083539
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book The Visible Poor written by Joel Blau and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking an in-depth look at the causes of homelessness in the United States, Joel Blau disproves the convenient myths that most homeless are crazy, drug addicts, or lazy misfits who brought their suffering upon themselves. He shows that the current crisis was an inevitable result of economic and political changes in recent decades, systematically reviewing the explanations offered by researchers, politicians and pundits, from the deinstitutionalization of mental patients in the 1960s to the gentrification of urban neighborhoods in the 1970s to the evisceration of federal spending on social welfare in the 1980s. Blau argues that current government policies at every level are mired in pointless headcounting and quick-fix solutions that only push the homeless out of sight without touching the underlying causes. He advocates social reforms ranging form a national standard for welfare benefits, a higher minimum wage, and establishment of a social sector for non-profit, affordable housing. A powerful contribution to public debate on homelessness, The Visible Poor must be read by concerned citizens as well as by policy-makers and advocates.