The American Wool Manufacture: Volume I: Cole, Arthur Harrison: The American Wool Manufacture. Volume I

PREFACE CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PART I. THE COLONIAL PERIOD CHAPTER I. THE DOMESTIC PRODUCTION CHAPTER II. GOVERNMENTAL POLICY CHAPTER III. IMPORTATIONS PART II. THE ERA OF THE SMALL FACTORY INTRODUCTION CHAPTER IV. EARLY ATTEMPTS AT FACTORY PRODUCTION CHAPTER V. IMPROVEMENT OF THE WOOL SUPPLY CHAPTER VI. ADVANCE IN TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT CHAPTER VII. THE EXPANSION OF THE DOMESTIC MARKET CHAPTER VIII. DIMINUTION OF HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTION CHAPTER IX. CHANGES IN QUALITY OF DOMESTIC MANUFACTURE CHAPTER X. THE DEVELOPMENT OF DISTRIBUTIVE AGENCIES CHAPTER XI. THE RISE OF FACTORY PRODUCTION CHAPTER XII. THE FACTORY IN 1830 PART III. THE MATURE FACTORY INTRODUCTION CHAPTER XIII. GROWTH OF THE INDUSTRY CHAPTER XIV. THE DECLINE IN HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTION CHAPTER XV. CHANGES IN MARKET ORGANIZATION CHAPTER XVI. INCREASED DIVERSITY OF PRODUCT CHAPTER XVII. IMPORTATIONS CHAPTER XVIII. TECHNICAL ADVANCE CHAPTER XIX. LABOR AND LABOR CONDITIONS CHAPTER XX. THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD CHAPTER XXI. CONCLUSION — THE INDUSTRY IN 1870