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The Whitin Machine Works Since 1831 : A Textile Machinery Company in an Industrialized Village /

Navin, Thomas R.

The Whitin Machine Works Since 1831 : A Textile Machinery Company in an Industrialized Village / Thomas R. Navin. - Reprint 2014 - 1 online resource (654 p.) : 1 Frontispiz - Harvard Studies in Business History ; 15 .

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

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9780674499553 9780674429376

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Industrielle und handwerkliche Fertigung.
Whitin Machine Works (Whitinsville, Mass.).
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General.

HD9859.W48 / N3

338.7/67/721097443