The Course of Industrial Decline : The Boott Cotton Mills of Lowell, Massachusetts, 1835-1955 Paperback / softback
by Laurence F. Gross
Part of the Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology series
Paperback / softback
Description
Studies of American industry frequently cite Lowell, Massachusetts, as an early model for business practices.
Scholars have sought to explain the city's rise to prominence, the impact of its textile mills on workers and on commerce, and its part in regional development and American prosperity.
Laurence Gross looks beyond these issues. Focusing on Lowell's Boott Cotton Mills, he examines the industry's struggle to maintain its prominence, the causes of its decline, and its ultimate flight south.
Gross puts much of the blame for the pattern of events on the mill-owners themselves.
They resisted reinvestment, so their operations became less efficient.
They kept antiquated machinery running long after it was safe to do so, and they were slow to respond to issues of worker safety.
The increased textile demands of World War II, Gross explains, only forestalled the mills' inevitable demise.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages, 25 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publication Date:28/03/2000
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- ISBN:9780801863639
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages, 25 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publication Date:28/03/2000
- Category:
- ISBN:9780801863639
