The Decline of a Cotton Textile City : : A Study of New Bedford / / Seymour Louis Wolfbein.
Studies the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts, beginning with the depression in the textile industry and the unemployment which resulted. Then focuses on the rebuilding efforts and looks at the new and old labor forces.
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999 |
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1944] ©1944 |
Year of Publication: | 1944 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (180 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Part One: The Problem -- I. The Depression in Cotton Textiles -- II. Unemployment in New Bedford, Massachusetts -- Part Two: The Causes -- III. The Factors in the Shift to the South -- IV. Other Factors in New Bedford’s Decline -- Part Three: Attempts at Solution -- V. Adjustment and Readjustment: Bringing in the New -- VI. Adjustment and Readjustment: Preserving the Old -- Appendices -- Appendix A. The Rodman Diary -- Appendix B. Supplementary Tables -- Appendix C. Survey Tables -- Index |
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Summary: | Studies the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts, beginning with the depression in the textile industry and the unemployment which resulted. Then focuses on the rebuilding efforts and looks at the new and old labor forces. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780231892957 9783110442489 |
DOI: | 10.7312/wolf93288 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Seymour Louis Wolfbein. |