02676nam 2200553 450 991080735750332120200520144314.00-8131-6258-0(CKB)3710000000334559(EBL)1915763(SSID)ssj0001441774(PQKBManifestationID)11934844(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001441774(PQKBWorkID)11412746(PQKB)11487289(OCoLC)903965169(MdBmJHUP)muse44280(Au-PeEL)EBL1915763(CaPaEBR)ebr11007448(CaONFJC)MIL691485(MiAaPQ)EBC1915763(EXLCZ)99371000000033455920150131h19701970 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe woolen industry of the Midwest /Norman L. CrockettLexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,1970.©19701 online resource (174 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-60203-4 0-8131-5186-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; PREFACE; Chapter I THE EASTERN BACKGROUND; Chapter II WOOL MANUFACTURERS ENTER THE MIDDLE WEST; Chapter III THE MARKETING OF WOOL IN THE MIDDLE WEST; Chapter IV QUESTS FOR WOOL AND WORKERS; Chapter V PRODUCTION AND SALES IN THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL MARKET; Chapter VI THE IMPINGEMENTS OF A NATIONALIZING MARKET; Chapter VII THE STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; YThrough the study of a regional industry, the book illustrates the impact of an expanding national market on a previously isolated market, offering new insights into a pioneer industry in the West and into the business methods and procedures of the time. The book discusses the growth of a myriad of small processing and manufacturing plants which drew raw materials from, and geared production and sales to that local economy, enjoying as they did, protection from eastern competitors who were saddled with high freight rates. The book demonstrates that once urbanization occurred in the region, briWoolen goods industryMiddle WestWoolen goods industry338.4/7/677310977Crockett Norman L.1025645MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807357503321The woolen industry of the Midwest4090232UNINA