Figured Tapestry
Subtitle: Production, Markets and Power in Philadelphia Textiles, 18551941
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 22, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 534
ISBN-13: 9780521521369
Subjects: Economic History; Manufacturing industries; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Pennsylvania; USA; Industries - General; Business & Economics / Economic History; Business & Economics-Industries - General; History / United States / General; Textile industry--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia-; Textile industry--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History
First sentence: In the pages that follow, the course of the Philadelphia textile industry will be traced across six decades, from the 1880s through World War II, completing a chronicle of regional economic development and decline that commenced with Proprietary Capitalism: The Philadelphia Textile Manufacture, 1880-1885.