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The Whitin Machine Works Since 1831 : A Textile Machinery Company in an Industrial Village / Thomas R. Navin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Navin, Thomas R., author.
- Series:
- Harvard Studies in Business History
- Harvard Studies in Business History ; 15
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Whitin Machine Works (Whitinsville, Mass.).
- Local Subjects:
- Whitin Machine Works (Whitinsville, Mass.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (683 p.): 1 Frontispiz
- Edition:
- Reprint 2014
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- No detailed description available for "The Whitin Machine Works Since 1831".
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- EDITORS' INTRODUCTION
- AUTHOR'S PREFACE
- PART I. THE PERIOD OF JOHN C. WHITIN
- CHAPTER I. FOREBEARS, 1809-1831
- CHAPTER II. FROM PICKERS T O LOOMS, 1831-1859
- CHAPTER III. THE HOLYOKE VENTURE, 1860-1863
- CHAPTER IV. COMPANY VILLAGE, 1864-1870
- CHAPTER V. POST WAR PROSPERITY, 1870-1874
- CHAPTER VI. WHITINSVILLE'S FIRST GREAT DEPRESSION, 1874-1879
- CHAPTER VII. THE PASSING GENERATION, 1880-1888
- PART II. THE PERIOD OF GEORGE MARSTON WHITIN
- CHAPTER VIII. MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL, 1888-1900
- CHAPTER IX. THE VILLAGE SOCIETY, 1888-1900
- CHAPTER Χ. THE SPINDLE CONTROVERSY, 1871-1893
- CHAPTER XI. RISE OF THE SOUTHERN MARKET, 1880-1900
- CHAPTER XII. WHITIN AND THE INDUSTRY, 1880-1900
- CHAPTER XIII. WHITIN EXPANDS AND INTEGRATES, 1900-1913
- CHAPTER XIV. MARSTON WHITIN RETIRES, 1913-1915
- PART III. THE PERIOD OF E. KENT SWIFT
- CHAPTER XV. THE WAR PERIOD AND ITS AFTERMATH, 1915-1922
- CHAPTER XVI. THE GREAT TEXTILE DEPRESSION, 1923-1933
- CHAPTER XVII. NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENTS, 1927-1940
- CHAPTER XVIII. THE IMPACT OF WORLD WAR II, 1941-1945
- CHAPTER XIX. UNIONIZATION AND LABOR TROUBLE, 1943-1948
- CHAPTER XX. EPILOGUE
- APPENDICES
- NOTES AND REFERENCES
- INDEX
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-674-42937-0
- OCLC:
- 654743275
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