The New England Cotton Textile Industry, a Study in Industrial Geography

1932 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 645
Author(s):  
Jonathan Thayer Lincoln ◽  
J. Herbert Burgy
Keyword(s):  
New England ◽  
Textile Industry ◽  
Cotton Textile ◽  
Industrial Geography

The Draper Loom in New England Textiles: A Comment

1968 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 624-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars G. Sandberg
Keyword(s):  
New England ◽  
Textile Industry ◽  
Cotton Textile ◽  
Economic Rationality

The September 1966 issue of this Journal contains a study by Professor Irwin Feller on the rate of adoption of the Draper Automatic Loom in the New England cotton textile industry. I have no quarrel with his central conclusions concerning the economic rationality of the New England cotton manufacturers. I do, however, have some comments on his analysis of the relative costs of producing cloth on plain (power) as opposed to automatic looms.

The New England Cotton Textile Industry

1932 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 321
Author(s):  
W. Elmer Ekblaw ◽  
J. Herbert Burgy
Keyword(s):  
New England ◽  
Textile Industry ◽  
Cotton Textile

The New England Cotton Textile Industry.

1932 ◽  
Vol 27 (179) ◽  
pp. 346
Author(s):  
George Sinclair Mitchell ◽  
J. Herbert Burgy
Keyword(s):  
New England ◽  
Textile Industry ◽  
Cotton Textile

A New Look at Productivity in the New England Cotton Textile Industry, 1830–1860

1979 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 889-910 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela J. Nickless
Keyword(s):  
New England ◽  
Labor Productivity ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Textile Industry ◽  
Cotton Textile ◽  
Labor Input ◽  
Capital Productivity ◽  
Labor Quality ◽  
Productivity Indices ◽  
The Relationship

The analysis of labor and capital productivity in the New England cotton textile industry has been extensive in recent years. The well-preserved records of the early textile firms have provided the basis for major studies by Layer, McGouldrick, Davis and Stettler, Zevin, David, and Williamson. Although these studies vary in approach and focus, they are alike in using measures of labor input that are primarily based on data for mill operatives. The labor productivity indices thus constructed have indicated increasing labor productivity prior to the Civil War. These estimates not only have substantially revised traditional historians' often implied beliefs of falling labor productivity due to declining labor quality in this period, but also have led to a variety of explanations of the relationship between labor productivity, capital productivity, and technological innovation.

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