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Proprietary Capitalism: The Textile Manufacture at Philadelphia, 1800-1885
Proprietary Capitalism The Textile Manufacture at Philadelphia 18001885
Author: Philip Scranton, Philip Scranton
The greatest textile manufacturing centre in America used to be, not Lowell, Massachusetts, but Philadelphia, where in 1880 over eight hundred textile firms employed over fifty thousand workers producing fabrics, carpets, yarns, and knit-goods of every description. Proprietary Capitalism presents a careful reconstruction of the rise of textile c...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780877224617
ISBN-10: 0877224617
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Publisher: Temple Univ Pr
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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