The woolen industry of the Midwest /
Through the study of a regional industry, the book illustrates the impact of an expanding national market on a previously isolated market, offering new insights into a pioneer industry in the West and into the business methods and procedures of the time. The book discusses the growth of a myriad of...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lexington, Kentucky :
The University Press of Kentucky,
[1970]
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| Summary: | Through the study of a regional industry, the book illustrates the impact of an expanding national market on a previously isolated market, offering new insights into a pioneer industry in the West and into the business methods and procedures of the time. The book discusses the growth of a myriad of small processing and manufacturing plants which drew raw materials from, and geared production and sales to that local economy, enjoying as they did, protection from eastern competitors who were saddled with high freight rates. The book demonstrates that once urbanization occurred in the region, bri. |
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| Item Description: | Project MUSE Universal EBA Ebooks Books at JSTOR Evidence Based Acquisitions EBSCO eBook Business Collection EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 149 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813162584 0813162580 |
