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Showers Brothers Furniture company : the shared fortunes of a family, a city, and a university /
When the Showers family arrived in Bloomington, Indiana, the railroad had only recently come to town and a modest university was struggling to survive. Having spent the prior 18 years moving from place to place, the family decided to settle down and invest its modest resources to start a furniture c...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington, IN :
Quarry Books, an imprint of Indiana University Press,
©2012.
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| Colección: | Quarry books.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | When the Showers family arrived in Bloomington, Indiana, the railroad had only recently come to town and a modest university was struggling to survive. Having spent the prior 18 years moving from place to place, the family decided to settle down and invest its modest resources to start a furniture company. The business proved to be extremely profitable and a stroke of good fortune for the small community. The company's success strengthened Bloomington's infrastructure, helping to develop new neighborhoods, and the philanthropic acts of the Showers family supported the town's continued developm. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xix, 285 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0253002249 9780253002242 1280665955 9781280665950 9786613642882 6613642886 |