Carpet capital : the rise of a New South industry /

Carpet capital : the rise of a New South industry /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Patton, Randall L., 1958-
Imprint:	Athens, GA : University of Georgia Press, c1999.
Description:	xv, 341 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Economy and society in the modern South
Subject:	Rug and carpet industry -- Georgia -- Dalton -- History. Rug and carpet industry -- United States -- History. Rug and carpet industry. Georgia -- Dalton (Whitfield County) United States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4427954

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Other authors / contributors:	Parker, David B., 1956-
ISBN:	0820321109 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-335) and index.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Prologue: The First American Carpet Industry
1. Crisis of the Old Order
2. Tufted Textiles Take the Floor
3. A Favorable Business Climate
4. A World of Opportunity within the Tufting Empire
5. New South Boom
6. A World of Opportunity II
7. Managing Growth
8. Survival of the Fittest
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index