Figured Tapestry: Production, Markets and Power in Philadelphia Textiles, 1855 1941 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521521369)

Focusing on the Philadelphia textile trades from the era of the Knights of Labor through World War II, this book is a study of industrial maturity and decline. The author assesses the significance and limits of industrial versatility, owner-operated businesses, craft labor and its organizations, and the agglomeration of specialized mills in urban districts. An interdisciplinary blend of business, labor, urban, and economic history, industrial geography, and the history of technology, the book illuminates the hidden world of batch production, the "other side" of American industrialization, and highlights both the benefits and the hazards of flexibility.

Author: Philip Scranton
ISBN-10: 052152136X
ISBN-13: 9780521521369
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/22/2002
Pages: 536
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.72lbs
Size: 9.04h x 6.04w x 1.34d