CHAPTER I. FOREBEARS, 1809–1831

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1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. EDITORS’ INTRODUCTION xxi
4. AUTHOR’S PREFACE xxvii
5. PART I. THE PERIOD OF JOHN C. WHITIN
6. CHAPTER I. FOREBEARS, 1809–1831 3
7. CHAPTER II. FROM PICKERS T O LOOMS, 1831–1859 26
8. CHAPTER III. THE HOLYOKE VENTURE, 1860–1863 45
9. CHAPTER IV. COMPANY VILLAGE, 1864–1870 62
10. CHAPTER V. POST WAR PROSPERITY, 1870–1874 83
11. CHAPTER VI. WHITINSVILLE’S FIRST GREAT DEPRESSION, 1874–1879 101
12. CHAPTER VII. THE PASSING GENERATION, 1880–1888 124
13. PART II. THE PERIOD OF GEORGE MARSTON WHITIN
14. CHAPTER VIII. MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL, 1888–1900 137
15. CHAPTER IX. THE VILLAGE SOCIETY, 1888–1900 159
16. CHAPTER Χ. THE SPINDLE CONTROVERSY, 1871–1893 180
17. CHAPTER XI. RISE OF THE SOUTHERN MARKET, 1880–1900 204
18. CHAPTER XII. WHITIN AND THE INDUSTRY, 1880–1900 236
19. CHAPTER XIII. WHITIN EXPANDS AND INTEGRATES, 1900–1913 260
20. CHAPTER XIV. MARSTON WHITIN RETIRES, 1913–1915 285
21. PART III. THE PERIOD OF E. KENT SWIFT
22. CHAPTER XV. THE WAR PERIOD AND ITS AFTERMATH, 1915–1922 307
23. CHAPTER XVI. THE GREAT TEXTILE DEPRESSION, 1923–1933 336
24. CHAPTER XVII. NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENTS, 1927–1940 371
25. CHAPTER XVIII. THE IMPACT OF WORLD WAR II, 1941–1945 408
26. CHAPTER XIX. UNIONIZATION AND LABOR TROUBLE, 1943–1948 438
27. CHAPTER XX. EPILOGUE 468
28. APPENDICES 477
29. NOTES AND REFERENCES 559
30. INDEX 627