The greatest textile manufacturing centre in America used to be, not Lowell, Massachusetts, but Philadelphia, where in 1880 over eight hundred textile firms employed over fifty thousand workers producing fabrics, carpets, yarns, and knit-goods of every description. Proprietary Capitalism presents a careful reconstruction of the rise of textile capitalism in the Quaker City, whose distinguishing features were immigrant family firms, flexible strategies for production, and an emphasis on skill, quality, and market responsiveness. The small and middle-sized firms in Philadelphia, far from being displaced by corporate competitors, proved durable, functioning through networks of linked specializations, with spinning, weaving, dyeing, and finishing often performed in separate establishments. Proprietary Capitalism documents the development of a fully realized alternative to the corporate style of mass production that brought fame to New England's mill cities. This book presents a strong challenge for a rethinking of the role of 'small business' in the saga of American industrial development.
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Proprietary Capitalism documents the development of a fully realized alternative to the corporate style of mass production that brought fame to New England's mill cities. This book presents a strong challenge for a rethinking of the role of 'small business' in the saga of American industrial development.
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In January 1880, a company of men, aimed at accumulation and in business on an "individual footing," gathered to banquet and plan the affairs of an association they had recently formed. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
manufacturing census schedules, handloom masters, factory social relations, outwork weavers, independent spinners, manuscript population census schedules, textile proprietors, handloom workshops, pantaloon stuffs, steampowered mills, handloom shops, textile capitalists, carpet firms, textile work force, handwork shops, factory paternalism, handloom workers, handloom production, proprietary manufacture, carpet workers, shop delegates, cotton laps, male textile workers, hosiery firms, rotary frame Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Civil War, New York, New England, Spring Garden, Philadelphia County, United States, Manuscript Manufacturing Census Schedules, Northern Liberties, Sevill Schofield, South Philadelphia, Hazard's Register, Lorin Blodget, Globe Mill, Joseph Ripka, Charles Spencer, West Philadelphia, Northeast Philadelphia, Sixth Ward, Free Library of Philadelphia, Archibald Campbell, Falls of Schuylkill, Public Ledger, Industrial Worker, Quartermaster Corps, First District New!
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In January 1880, a company of men, aimed at accumulation and in business on an "individual footing," gathered to banquet and plan the affairs of an association they had recently formed. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
manufacturing census schedules, handloom masters, factory social relations, outwork weavers, independent spinners, manuscript population census schedules, textile proprietors, handloom workshops, pantaloon stuffs, steampowered mills, handloom shops, textile capitalists, carpet firms, textile work force, handwork shops, factory paternalism, handloom workers, handloom production, proprietary manufacture, carpet workers, shop delegates, cotton laps, male textile workers, hosiery firms, rotary frame Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Civil War, New York, New England, Spring Garden, Philadelphia County, United States, Manuscript Manufacturing Census Schedules, Northern Liberties, Sevill Schofield, South Philadelphia, Hazard's Register, Lorin Blodget, Globe Mill, Joseph Ripka, Charles Spencer, West Philadelphia, Northeast Philadelphia, Sixth Ward, Free Library of Philadelphia, Archibald Campbell, Falls of Schuylkill, Public Ledger, Industrial Worker, Quartermaster Corps, First District New!
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- Textile Industries of the United States (Library of early American business & industry, 15) by William R. Bagnall on 5 pages
- The Run of the Mill: A Pictorial Narrative of the Expansion, Dominion, Decline and Enduring Impact of the New England Textile Industry by Steve Dunwell on 4 pages
- The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business by Alfred D. Chandler Jr. on page 7, page 12, and page 335
- Industrial Revolutions: The Textile Industries (The Industrial Revolutions, Vol 8) (v. 8) by D. T. Jenkins on page 80, page 122, and page 176
- Work, Society, and Politics: The Culture of the Factory in Later Victorian England by Patrick Joyce on page 61, and page 248
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