The Course of Industrial Decline: The Boott Cotton Mills of Lowell, Massachusetts, 1835-1955 (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology)

By Laurence F. Gross

Book Overview

Studies of American industry frequently cite Lowell, Massachusetts as an early model for business practices. Scholars have sought to explain the city's rise to prominence, the impact of its textile mills on workers and on commerce, and its part in regional development and American prosperity. In this book, Laurence Gross sets out to look beyond these issues. Focusing on Lowell's Boott Cotton Mills, he examines the industry's struggle to maintain its prominence, the causes of its decline and its ultimate flight south.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801844533
• ISBN13: 9780801844539
• Release Date: April 1993
• Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.8" x 6.5"