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A common thread : labor, politics, and capital mobility in the textile industry /
"With important ramifications for studies relating to industrialization and the impact of globalization, A Common Thread examines the relocation of the New England textile industry to the piedmont South between 1880 and 1959. Through the example of the Massachusetts-based Dwight Manufacturing C...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Athens :
University of Georgia Press,
©2006.
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| Colección: | Politics and culture in the twentieth-century South.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "With important ramifications for studies relating to industrialization and the impact of globalization, A Common Thread examines the relocation of the New England textile industry to the piedmont South between 1880 and 1959. Through the example of the Massachusetts-based Dwight Manufacturing Company, the book provides an informative historic reference point to current debates about the continuous relocation of capital to low-wage, largely unregulated labor markets worldwide." "Beth English explains why and how New England cotton manufacturing companies pursued relocation to the South as a key strategy for economic survival, why and how southern states attracted northern textile capital, and how textile mill owners, labor unions, the state, manufacturers' associations, and reform groups shaped the ongoing movement of cotton-mill money, machinery, and jobs. A Common Thread is a case study that helps provide clues and predictors about the processes of attracting and moving industrial capital to developing economies throughout the world."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 236 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-228) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780820336695 0820336696 1282552937 9781282552937 9786612552939 661255293X 0820326283 9780820326283 |