| Figured Tapestry Contributor(s): Scranton, Philip (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521342872 ISBN-13: 9780521342872 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $147.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 1989 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Industries - General - Business & Economics | Economic History - History | United States - General |
| Dewey: 338.476 |
| LCCN: 88032215 |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6.4" W x 9.1" (1.95 lbs) 536 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |