The woolen industry of the Midwest / / Norman L. Crockett

• Autore: Crockett Norman L.
• Pubblicazione: Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1970; ©1970
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (174 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.4/7/677310977
• Soggetto topico: Woolen goods industry - Middle West
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Y
• Sommario/riassunto: Through 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, bri
• Titolo autorizzato: The woolen industry of the Midwest
• ISBN: 0-8131-6258-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460664903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II