The course of industrial decline: the Boot Cotton Mills of Lowell, Massachusetts, 1835 - 1955
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Johns Hopkins Univ. Press
1993
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| Physical Description: | XVII, 279, [22] S. Ill., Portr., 8 Tab. |
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| adam_text | LAURENCE F GROSS
The Course of
Industrial Decline
THE BOOTT COTTON MILLS
OF LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS,
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
BALTIMORE amp; LONDON
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
INTRODUCTION xiii
PART ONE
Lowell through the Civil War
1 Lowell to 1850 3
PRECURSORS 3
FOUNDING THE NEW CITY 4
LAUNCHING THE BOOTT COTTON MILLS 6
LABOR IN THE NEW MILLS 9
RESPONSES TO LOWELL 14
2 A Loss of Lustre, 1850-1870 23
THE NEW LABOR 24
HOURS AND WAGES 24
LABOR S RESPONSE 26
MANAGEMENT ACTION 26
GOVERNMENT ACTION 28
MANAGEMENT CRITIQUED 28
THE TREASURER COOLIDGE ERA 3 0
PART TWO
Expansion and Failure,
1871-1904
3 Organization and Equipment 41
OVERVIEW AND TRENDS 41
THE AGENT 45
TECHNOLOGICAL CHOICES 49
4 The Interaction of People and Machines 61
EFFECTS OF NEW MACHINERY 63
EFFECTS OF NEW PROCEDURES 65
VIII CONTENTS
WORKING CONDITIONS 68
WAGES 75
5 Labor and Management 79
WORKFORCE 79
MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT 81
LABOR S RESPONSE 87
COLLAPSE OF THE MILLS 91
CONCLUSION 93
PART THREE
Reorganization and Success,
6 Direction of the New Boott Mills 99
REORGANIZATION 9 9
REASSESSMENT 1O2
REVISED PRODUCTION 103
ADMINISTRATION 104
CONFLICT WITHIN MANAGEMENT 11O
MANAGING PRODUCTION 113
7 Technology and Labor 118
RESPONDING TO CHANGE 118
CONDITION OF MACHINERY 123
THE ROLE OF FACTORY BUILDINGS 124
THE CONDUCT OF LABOR 125
THE CONDITION OF LABOR 133
8 Participants and Prospects i3g
SUPERVISION OF THE OPERATION 139
WORKFORCE 141
WAGES 144
INCOME AND THE COST OF LIVING 148
LABOR S RESPONSE 151
MANAGEMENT S RESPONSE TO LABOR 155
FINANCIAL POSITION 162
LOWELL AND THE SOUTH 164
CONCLUSION 168
CONTENTS IX
PART FOUR
Depression, Continuity, and Change,
i93i - i946
9 Factors Affecting Survival 173
TACTICS 174
THE MILLS 176
THE MACHINES 179
WORKING CONDITIONS 182
TRAINING AND SKILL 183
10 Operation in the Depression and Wartime 189
DEPRESSION 189
WARTIME 195
CONCLUSION 211
PART FIVE
The Boott Mill Expires,
1947-1955
11 Manufacturing Winds Down 215
PRODUCTS 215
OPERATION • 216
FINAL DAYS 225
12 Two Points of View 230
MANAGEMENT S ASSESSMENT 230
LABOR S INTERPRETATION 236
CONCLUSION • 238
Postscript 241
NOTE ON SOURCES 251
NOTES 253
INDEX 277
Illustrations
VIEWS OF THE MILLS (following page 56)
THE COTTON PROCESS (following page 124)
BOOTT MILL WORKERS (following page 144)
BOOTT MANAGERS (following page 196)
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