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Autore |
Krause Carrol <1958-> |
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Titolo |
Showers Brothers Furniture company : the shared fortunes of a family, a city, and a university / / Carrol Krause |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Bloomington, IN, : Quarry Books, an imprint of Indiana University Press, c2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-66595-5 |
9786613642882 |
0-253-00224-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (313 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Furniture industry and trade - Indiana - Bloomington - History |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Acknowledgments -- Introductiono -- A note on the sources and monetary values -- Showers family information -- The reverend and his family -- Showers & Hendrix -- Legal troubles -- The brothers enter business -- The booming [apos]80s -- Death and fire -- Prosperity and loss -- Boom and bust -- Moving toward modernity -- Houses and a hospital -- "The world's largest furniture factory" -- The shop notes years -- Another beginning -- Final successes -- Everything changes -- Legacy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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When the Showers family arrived in Bloomington, Indiana, the railroad had only recently come to town and a modest university was struggling to survive. Having spent the prior 18 years moving from place to place, the family decided to settle down and invest its modest resources to start a furniture company. The business proved to be extremely profitable and a stroke of good fortune for the small community. The company's success strengthened Bloomington's infrastructure, helping to develop new neighborhoods, and the philanthropic acts of the Showers family supported the town's continued devel |
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