The Whitin Machine Works Since 1831: A Textile Machinery Company in an Industrialized Village

CONTENTS EDITORS’ INTRODUCTION AUTHOR’S PREFACE PART I. THE PERIOD OF JOHN C. WHITIN CHAPTER I. FOREBEARS, 1809–1831 CHAPTER II. FROM PICKERS T O LOOMS, 1831–1859 CHAPTER III. THE HOLYOKE VENTURE, 1860–1863 CHAPTER IV. COMPANY VILLAGE, 1864–1870 CHAPTER V. POST WAR PROSPERITY, 1870–1874 CHAPTER VI. WHITINSVILLE’S FIRST GREAT DEPRESSION, 1874–1879 CHAPTER VII. THE PASSING GENERATION, 1880–1888 PART II. THE PERIOD OF GEORGE MARSTON WHITIN CHAPTER VIII. MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL, 1888–1900 CHAPTER IX. THE VILLAGE SOCIETY, 1888–1900 CHAPTER Χ. THE SPINDLE CONTROVERSY, 1871–1893 CHAPTER XI. RISE OF THE SOUTHERN MARKET, 1880–1900 CHAPTER XII. WHITIN AND THE INDUSTRY, 1880–1900 CHAPTER XIII. WHITIN EXPANDS AND INTEGRATES, 1900–1913 CHAPTER XIV. MARSTON WHITIN RETIRES, 1913–1915 PART III. THE PERIOD OF E. KENT SWIFT CHAPTER XV. THE WAR PERIOD AND ITS AFTERMATH, 1915–1922 CHAPTER XVI. THE GREAT TEXTILE DEPRESSION, 1923–1933 CHAPTER XVII. NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENTS, 1927–1940 CHAPTER XVIII. THE IMPACT OF WORLD WAR II, 1941–1945 CHAPTER XIX. UNIONIZATION AND LABOR TROUBLE, 1943–1948 CHAPTER XX. EPILOGUE APPENDICES NOTES AND REFERENCES INDEX