The Course of Industrial Decline

The Boott Cotton Mills of Lowell, Massachusetts, 1835-1955

Laurence F. Gross (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2000
Johns Hopkins University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8018-6363-9 (ISBN)

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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.

Laurence Gross is an associate professor of history at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.3.2000
Reihe/Serie	Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology
Zusatzinfo	25 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Baltimore, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	465 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
	Technik
ISBN-10	0-8018-6363-5 / 0801863635
ISBN-13	978-0-8018-6363-9 / 9780801863639
Zustand	Neuware