Showers Brothers Furniture company
Subtitle: the shared fortunes of a family, a city, and a university/ Carrol Krause
Series: Quarry books
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Bloomington, IN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780253002037; 9780253002242
Subjects: Furniture industry and trade; Showers Brothers Furniture Factory (Bloomington, Ind.); History..; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Introductiono; title: A note on the sources and monetary values; title: Showers family information; title: The reverend and his family; title: Showers & Hendrix; title: Legal troubles; title: The brothers enter business; title: The booming [apos]80s; title: Death and fire; title: Prosperity and loss; title: Boom and bust; title: Moving toward modernity; title: Houses and a hospital; title: "The world's largest furniture factory"; title: The shop notes years; title: Another beginning; title: Final successes; title: Everything changes; title: Legacy; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index.