Carpet capital
Subtitle: the rise of a New South industry
By: Randall L. Patton with David B. Parker
Contributors: Parker, David B., 1956-
Series: Economy and society in the modern South
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Athens, GA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
Subjects: Rug and carpet industry -- Georgia -- Dalton -- History; Rug and carpet industry -- United States -- History
Description: "After World War II, the carpet industry came to be identified with the Dalton region of northwest Georgia. Here, entrepreneurs hit upon a new technology called tufting, which enabled them to take control of this important segment of America's textile industry, previously dominated by woven-wool carpet manufacturers in the Northeast."--BOOK JACKET.

"Carpet Capital is a story of revolutionary changes that transformed both an industry and a region. Its balanced and candid account details the rise of a home-grown southern industry and entrepreneurial capitalism at a time when other southern state and local governments sought to attract capital and technology from outside the region."--BOOK JACKET. "The book summarizes the development of the American carpet industry from the early nineteenth century through the 1930s."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index