{"product_id":"figured-tapestry-production-markets-and-power-in-philadelphia-textiles-1855-1941-paperback-9780521521369","title":"Figured Tapestry; Production, Markets and Power in Philadelphia Textiles, 1855–1941 (Paperback) 9780521521369","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFigured Tapestry\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eProduction, Markets and Power in Philadelphia Textiles, 1855–1941\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA study of industrial maturity and decline, focused on the Philadelphia textile trades.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePhilip Scranton (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521521369, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 22 August 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e536 pages\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.3 x 3.6 cm, 0.855 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"In presenting the results of his prodigious research effort, Scranton has produced a book of 500 pages that is dense with facts and figures.  It is without any doubt the definitive reference work on the subject.  As in many detailed historical accounts, the sheer quantity and diversity of factual information that Scranton presents could have come at the expense of an analytical perspective.  Fortunately, such is not the case here. Scranton's overriding perspective on the evolution of the Philadelphia textile region in the U.S. economy, as well as his understanding of the relations among economic, business, labor, and technological history at each stage of that evolution, make this book a masterpiece of historical analysis: that is, details do not just document the historical record; they serve an analytical purpose.\"   William Lazonick, Journal of Economic History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFigured Tapestry is a study of industrial maturity and decline, focused on the Philadelphia textile trades from the era of the Knights of Labor through World War II. Unlike the bulk fabric enterprises of New England and the South, Quaker City textile firms were 'flexible specialists,' combining skilled labor, versatile technologies, and quick responsiveness to demand shifts to create a vast array of seasonal goods. Scranton assesses the significance and limits of industrial versatility, owner-operated businesses, craft labor and its organizations, and the agglomeration of specialist mills in urban districts. An interdisciplinary blend of business, labor, urban, and economic history, industrial geography, and the history of technology, Figured Tapestry illuminates the hidden world of batch production, the 'other side' of American industrialization, and highlights both the benefits and the hazards of flexibility, a matter of moment to those who seek to reorient current manufacturing away from the rigidities of mass production.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of figures\u003cbr\u003e List of tables\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Advantage, proprietors, 1886–93\u003cbr\u003e 3. Inside the mill: flexible production and the family firm\u003cbr\u003e 4. From crisis to crisis, 1893–1904\u003cbr\u003e 5. Peace and war, 1904–18\u003cbr\u003e 6. The changing time, 1919–33\u003cbr\u003e 7. Long nights, false dawns, 1933–41\u003cbr\u003e 8. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economic history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20history%20%5BKCZ%5D%22\"\u003eKCZ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005354168600,"sku":"9780521521369","price":34.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521521369i_eacf3510-b2bd-4a65-b25b-a7a9890bb737.jpg?v=1691383605","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/figured-tapestry-production-markets-and-power-in-philadelphia-textiles-1855-1941-paperback-9780521521369","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}