Figured Tapestry: Production, Markets, and Power in Philadelphia Textiles, 1855 1941

Scranton, Philip

ISBN 10: 0521342872 / ISBN 13: 9780521342872

Edité par Cambridge University Press, 1989

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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,950grams, ISBN:0521342872.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Figured Tapestry: Production, Markets, and Power in Philadelphia Textiles, 1855 1941
• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date de parution: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0521342872
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780521342872
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• État de l'article: Fair
• Catalogues du vendeur:
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Synopsis

A study of industrial maturity and decline, focused on the Philadelphia textile trades.

Revue de presse

"[Scranton's] depiction of distinctive production formats and histories for different sectors and areas of the textile industry holds profound implications for understanding not only other American industries and industrial districts but also the process of industrial transformation itself." The Annals of American Academy

"Scranton has a really remarkable ability to draw upon the best recent perspectives in labor, business, technological, and social history without obscuring the perspective of the participants in the history he recounts." Judith A. McGaw, University of Pennsylvania

"In presenting the results of his prodigious research effort, Scranton has produced a book of 500 pages that is dense with facts and figures. It is without any doubt the definitive reference work on the subject. As in many detailed historical accounts, the sheer quantity and diversity of factual information that Scranton presents could have come at the expense of an analytical perspective. Fortunately, such is not the case here. Scranton's overriding perspective on the evolution of the Philadelphia textile region in the U.S. economy, as well as his understanding of the relations among economic, business, labor, and technological history at each stage of that evolution, make this book a masterpiece of historical analysis: that is, details do not just document the historical record; they serve an analytical purpose." William Lazonick, Journal of Economic History