The life and times of Francis Cabot Lowell, 1775-1817 / Chaim M. Rosenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosenberg, Chaim M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrialists--Massachusetts--Biography.

Industrialists.

Textile industry--Massachusetts--History.

Textile industry.

Industrial revolution--United States.

Industrial revolution.

Lowell, Francis Cabot, 1775-1817.

Lowell, Francis Cabot.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (571 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

After the Revolutionary War, despite political independence, the United States still relied on other countries for manufactured goods. Francis Cabot Lowell, born in Massachusetts in 1775, was one of the principal investors in building the India Wharf and the shops and warehouses close to the harbor. His work was instrumental in establishing domestic industry for the United States and spurred the American industrial revolution. Francis Cabot Lowell's Method-a detailed investment plan, cheap raw materials and power, a motivated labor force, a sound marketing plan, and above all, modern technolog

Contents:

Notable Lowell Descendants; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The New Industrial System; 1; Occasionem Cognosce (Know the Opportunity): Motto of the Lowell Family; 2; A Privileged Education; 3; The Young Merchant: 1793-1802; 4; The Brothers Lowell; 5; Francis and His Sisters; 6; The Merchant King: 1803-1808; 7; Mr. Jefferson's Embargo; 8; A Proper Bostonian on a Grand Tour; 9; American Textile Industry Before 1814; 10; Return to Boston; 11; The Boston Manufacturing Company; 12; The Tariff of 1816; 13; Legacy; Original Sources; Notes; Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-82-16-23259-9

1-282-92186-X

9786612921865

0-7391-4685-8

OCLC:

699506934