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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460277203321

Autore

Rosenberg Chaim M

Titolo

The life and times of Francis Cabot Lowell, 1775-1817 [[electronic resource] /] / Chaim M. Rosenberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2011

ISBN

1-282-92186-X

9786612921865

0-7391-4685-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (571 p.)

Disciplina

338.7/67721092

B

Soggetti

Industrialists - Massachusetts

Textile industry - Massachusetts - History

Industrial revolution - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Notable Lowell Descendants; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The New Industrial System; 1; Occasionem Cognosce (Know the Opportunity): Motto of the Lowell Family; 2; A Privileged Education; 3; The Young Merchant: 1793-1802; 4; The Brothers Lowell; 5; Francis and His Sisters; 6; The Merchant King: 1803-1808; 7; Mr. Jefferson's Embargo; 8; A Proper Bostonian on a Grand Tour; 9; American Textile Industry Before 1814; 10; Return to Boston; 11; The Boston Manufacturing Company; 12; The Tariff of 1816; 13; Legacy; Original Sources; Notes; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

After the Revolutionary War, despite political independence, the United States still relied on other countries for manufactured goods. Francis Cabot Lowell, born in Massachusetts in 1775, was one of the principal investors in building the India Wharf and the shops and warehouses close to the harbor. His work was instrumental in establishing domestic industry for the United States and spurred the American industrial revolution. Francis Cabot Lowell's Method-a detailed investment plan, cheap raw materials and power, a motivated labor force, a sound



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