Studies of American industry frequently cite Lowell,
Massachusetts, as an early model for business practices. Scholars
have sought to explain the city's rise to prominence, the impact of
its textile mills on workers and on commerce, and its part in
regional development and American prosperity. Laurence Gross looks
beyond these issues. Focusing on Lowell's Boott Cotton Mills, he
examines the industry's struggle to maintain its prominence, the
causes of its decline, and its ultimate flight south.
Gross puts much of the blame for the pattern of events on the
mill-owners themselves. They resisted reinvestment, so their
operations became less efficient. They kept antiquated machinery
running long after it was safe to do so, and they were slow to
respond to issues of worker safety. The increased textile demands
of World War II, Gross explains, only forestalled the mills'
inevitable demise.
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