The Decline of a Cotton Textile City : A Study of New Bedford / Seymour Louis Wolfbein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolfbein, Seymour Louis, author.

Series:

Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law ; 507

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cotton textile industry--Massachusetts--New Bedford.

Cotton textile industry.

Industries--Massachusetts--New Bedford.

Industries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1944]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Studies the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts, beginning with the depression in the textile industry and the unemployment which resulted. Then focuses on the rebuilding efforts and looks at the new and old labor forces.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part One: The Problem

I. The Depression in Cotton Textiles

II. Unemployment in New Bedford, Massachusetts

Part Two: The Causes

III. The Factors in the Shift to the South

IV. Other Factors in New Bedford's Decline

Part Three: Attempts at Solution

V. Adjustment and Readjustment: Bringing in the New

VI. Adjustment and Readjustment: Preserving the Old

Appendices

Appendix A. The Rodman Diary

Appendix B. Supplementary Tables

Appendix C. Survey Tables

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89295-0

OCLC:

1100451230