Contributions

  • Parker, David B., 1956- - Contributor

Publication

1999 - University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA, Georgia

Language

English

Word Count

85,250 words, Guess

Page Count

341 pages

Identifiers

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  • Goodreads1903266

Classifications

  • LCCHD9937.U53 G46 1999

Description

"After World War II, the carpet industry came to be identified with the Dalton region of northwest Georgia. Here, entrepreneurs hit upon a new technology called tufting, which enabled them to take control of this important segment of America's textile industry, previously dominated by woven-wool carpet manufacturers in the Northeast."--BOOK JACKET. "Carpet Capital is a story of revolutionary changes that transformed both an industry and a region. Its balanced and candid account details the rise of a home-grown southern industry and entrepreneurial capitalism at a time when other southern state and local governments sought to attract capital and technology from outside the region."--BOOK JACKET. "The book summarizes the development of the American carpet industry from the early nineteenth century through the 1930s."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Topics

HistoryRug and carpet industryRug and carpet industry -- United States -- HistoryRug and carpet industry -- Georgia -- Dalton -- History

Series Statement

  • Economy and society in the modern South

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