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Book World Carpets  the First Thirty Years

Download or read book World Carpets the First Thirty Years written by Shaheen Shaheen and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The First Thirty Years

Download or read book The First Thirty Years written by Charles Freeman and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002-01-31 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of my writing from the past thirty years. It includes two short novels, three stories, and a collection of poetry.

Book The Southern Elite and Social Change

Download or read book The Southern Elite and Social Change written by Randy Finley and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2002-03-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elites have shaped southern life and communities, argues the distinguished historian Willard Gatewood. These essays—written by Gatewood's colleagues and former students in his honor—explore the influence of particular elites in the South from the American Revolution to the Little Rock integration crisis. They discuss not only the power of elites to shape the experiences of the ordinary people, but the tensions and negotiations between elites in a particular locale, whether those elites were white or black, urban or rural, or male or female. Subjects include the particular kinds of power available to black elites in Savannah, Georgia, during the American Revolution; the transformation of a southern secessionist into an anti-slavery activist during the Civil War; a Tenessee "aristocrat of color" active in politics from Reconstruction to World War II; middle-class Southern women, both black and white, in the New Deal and the Little Rock integration crisis; and the different brands of paternalism in Arkansas plantations during the Jacksonian and Jim Crow eras and in the postwar Georgia carpet industry.

Book Carpet Capital

    Book Details:
  • Author : Randall L. Patton
  • Publisher : University of Georgia Press
  • Release : 2003-12-01
  • ISBN : 0820324647
  • Pages : 361 pages

Download or read book Carpet Capital written by Randall L. Patton and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2003-12-01 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After World War II, the carpet industry came to be identified with the Dalton region of northwest Georgia. Here, entrepreneurs hit upon a new technology called tufting, which enabled them to take control of this important segment of America’s textile industry, previously dominated by woven-wool carpet manufacturers in the Northeast. Dalton now dominates carpet production in the United States, manufacturing 70 percent of the domestic product, and prides itself as the carpet capital of the world. Carpet Capital is a story of revolutionary changes that transformed both an industry and a region. Its balanced and candid account details the rise of a home-grown southern industry and entrepreneurial capitalism at a time when other southern state and local governments sought to attract capital and technology from outside the region. The book summarizes the development of the American carpet industry from the early nineteenth century through the 1930s. In describing the tufted carpet boom, it focuses on Barwick Mills, Galaxy Mills, and Shaw Industries as representative of various phases in the industry’s history. It tells how owners coordinated efforts to keep carpet mills unorganized, despite efforts of the Textile Workers Union of America, by promoting a vision of the future based on individual ambition rather than collective security. Randall L. Patton and David B. Parker show that Dalton has evolved in much the same way as California’s Silicon Valley, experiencing both a rapid expansion of new firms started by entrepreneurs who had apprenticed in older firms and an air of cooperation both among owners and between mills and local government. Their close examination of this industry provides important insights for scholars and business leaders alike, enhancing our appreciation of entrepreneurial achievement and broadening our understanding of economic growth in the modern South.

Book Dalton

    Book Details:
  • Author : Thomas Deaton
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release : 2008-11-03
  • ISBN : 1439622612
  • Pages : 132 pages

Download or read book Dalton written by Thomas Deaton and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008-11-03 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cherokees who first occupied this area called northern Georgia their enchanted land, but the discovery of gold caused a land rush, an illegal treaty of expulsion, and the Trail of Tears. Dalton was created when the Western and Atlantic Railroad was built to connect Atlanta with Chattanooga, Tennessee. In 1863, during the Civil War, this small town became a battle scene along Gen. William T. Shermans march, with both armies occupying the community. After the war, the leading citizens built Crown Cotton Mill and Village to expand the towns economy. In 1895, fifteen-year-old Catherine Evans hand-tufted a bedspread, ushering in the bedspread and tufted carpet bonanzas. With the invention of tufting machines in the 1930s and 1940s, Dalton boomed as carpet companies, supply houses, bedspread lines, and retail outlets brought wealth to the city. At one point, there were more millionaires per capita in Dalton than anywhere in the country. Today Dalton is growing with the help of a diverse Hispanic labor force and continues to be the Carpet Capital of the World.

Book Railway World

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  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1906
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1504 pages

Download or read book Railway World written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 1504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Cities and Men  The first thirty years  1884 1914

Download or read book Cities and Men The first thirty years 1884 1914 written by Sir Harry Luke and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Who s Who in Finance and Industry  1989 1990

Download or read book Who s Who in Finance and Industry 1989 1990 written by and published by Marquis Who's Who. This book was released on 1989-09 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Literary World

Download or read book The Literary World written by and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Carpet and Upholstery Trade Review

Download or read book The Carpet and Upholstery Trade Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Wealth and Biography of the Wealthy Citizens of the City of New York

Download or read book The Wealth and Biography of the Wealthy Citizens of the City of New York written by Moses Yale Beach and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book 1795 1895  One Hundred Years of American Commerce

Download or read book 1795 1895 One Hundred Years of American Commerce written by Chauncey Mitchell Depew and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Notable American Women  1607 1950

Download or read book Notable American Women 1607 1950 written by Radcliffe College and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1971 with total page 2172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol. 1. A-F, Vol. 2. G-O, Vol. 3. P-Z modern period.

Book Chambers s Journal

Download or read book Chambers s Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 906 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Invention

Download or read book Invention written by James Dyson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Famously, over a four-year period, James Dyson made 5,127 prototypes of the cyclonic vacuum cleaner that would transform the way houses are cleaned around the world. Dyson reveals how he came to set up his own company and led it to become one of the most inventive technology companies in the world. Dyson has always looked to the future, even setting up his own university to help provide the next generation of engineers and designers. It is a compelling and dramatic tale, with many obstacles overcome."--Provided by publisher.

Book Journal of the Royal Society of Arts

Download or read book Journal of the Royal Society of Arts written by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 1188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: