Pepperell's Progress : History of a Cotton Textile Company, 1844-1945 / Evelyn H. Knowlton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Knowlton, Evelyn H., author.

Series:

Harvard Studies in Business History

Harvard Studies in Business History ; 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrielle und handwerkliche Fertigung.

Pepperell Manufacturing Company.

Local Subjects:

Pepperell Manufacturing Company.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (540 p.): 1 Frontispiz

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No detailed description available for "Pepperell's Progress".

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

TABLES

EDITORS' INTRODUCTION

AUTHOR'S PREFACE

PART I. EARLY YEARS, 1844-1870

CHAPTER I. YANKEES ORGANIZE THE PEPPERELL MANUFACTURING COMPANY

CHAPTER II. THE COTTON TEXTILE INDUSTRY IN NEW ENGLAND, 1775-1850

CHAPTER III. PURCHASING COTTON FOR PEPPERELL

CHAPTER IV. OPERATING THE MILLS IN BIDDEFORD

CHAPTER V. AN AGENCY HANDLES PEPPERELL'S SALES

CHAPTER VI. FIRM FINANCIAL FOUNDATION

PART II. MATURITY, 1870-1924

CHAPTER VII. HORIZONTA LAND VERTICAL EXPANSION

CHAPTER VIII. MILL AGENTS CONTINUE ESTABLISHED PRACTICES

CHAPTER IX. PEPPERELL SELECTS ANOTHER SELLING HOUSE

CHAPTER X THE TREASURER IN HIS COUNTINGHOUSE

PART III. REJUVENATION, 1924-1945

CHAPTER XI. REACHING AMERICAN CONSUMERS

CHAPTER XII. FIN E GOODS IN THE NORTH

CHAPTER XIII. COARSE GOODS IN THE SOUTH

CHAPTER XIV. SUCCESS D U R I N G TROUBLED TIMES

CHAPTER XV. EPILOGUE

APPENDICES

NOTES AND REFERENCES

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

0-674-18175-1

OCLC:

1024033739