Course of Industrial Decline - The Boott Cotton Mills of Lowell, Massachusetts, 1835-1955

Informationen zum Autor Laurence Gross is an associate professor of history at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. Klappentext Studies of American industry frequently cite Lowell, Massachusetts, as an early model for business practices. Scholars have sought to explain the city's rise to prominence, the impact of its textile mills on workers and on commerce, and its part in regional development and American prosperity. Laurence Gross looks beyond these issues. Focusing on Lowell's Boott Cotton Mills, he examines the industry's struggle to maintain its prominence, the causes of its decline, and its ultimate flight south.Gross puts much of the blame for the pattern of events on the mill-owners themselves. They resisted reinvestment, so their operations became less efficient. They kept antiquated machinery running long after it was safe to do so, and they were slow to respond to issues of worker safety. The increased textile demands of World War II, Gross explains, only forestalled the mills' inevitable demise.

Product details

• Authors: Laurence F. Gross, Gross Laurence F.
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.03.2000
• EAN: 9780801863639
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-6363-9
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: New; Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology; Johns Hopkins Studies in the H; THE NEW
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; Massachusetts, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Manufacturing, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Economic history, Social and cultural history, History of engineering and technology, History of engineering & technology, Manufacturing industries