Shaw Industries : a history /
Author / Creator: | Patton, Randall L., 1958- |
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Imprint: | Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2002. |
Description: | viii, 217 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7361130 |
Summary: | Shaw Industries, which is based in Dalton, Georgia, is the nation's leading textile manufacturer and the world's largest producer of carpets. This history focuses on the evolution of Shaw's business strategy and its adaptations to changing economic conditions. Randall L. Patton chronicles Shaw's rise to dominance by drawing on corporate records, industry data, and interviews with Shaw employees and management, including Robert E. Shaw, the only CEO the company has known in its more than thirty years. |
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Physical Description: | viii, 217 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 0820323640 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780820323640 (hardcover : alk. paper) |