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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law ; 507Publisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1944]Copyright date: ©1944Description: 1 online resource (180 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231932882
  • 9780231892957
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.4767721
LOC classification:
  • F74.N42 W6
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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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
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.
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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

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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