David L Carlton
Biographic Data
| ID | 3772848 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David L Carlton |
| GIVEN NAMES | David L |
| FAMILY NAME | Carlton |
| SIGNATURE | CARLTON D L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vanderbilt University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Shaw Industries: A History
The first corporate history of an enduring presence on the worldwide carpet manufacturing scene; 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, indus…
What Do We Need a Union For? The TWUA in the South, 1945-1955
Journal Article What Do We Need a Union For? The TWUA in the South, 1945–1955. By Timothy J. Minchin. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1997. x, 285 pp. Cloth, $45.00, ISBN 0-8078-2317-1 and Like Night & Day: Unionization in a Southern Mill Town. By Daniel J. Clark. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1997. xii, 260 pp. Cloth, $49.95, ISBN 0-8078-2306-6 Get access David L. Carlton David L. Carlton Vanderbilt University…
The Uninventive South? A Quantitative Look at Region and American Inventiveness
Historical economists studying the United States have typically been preoccupied with explaining the American economic success story. With their gaze firmly set on the national level, it is not surprising that they have stressed the role played by the creation of a highly integrated national economy in furthering growth. Although economists' fascination with the benefits of free trade, factor mobility, and the division of labor is justifiable, th…
The Sunbelt Debate Revisited
Revenuers and Moonshiners: Enforcing Federal Liquor Law in the Mountain South, 1865-1900
Hanging by a Thread: Social Change in Southern Textiles
The Men and the Mills: A History of the Southern Textile Industry
The Revolution from Above: The National Market and the Beginnings of Industrialization in North Carolina
Journal Article The Revolution from Above: The National Market and the Beginnings of Industrialization in North Carolina Get access David L. Carlton David L. Carlton associate professor of history Vanderbilt University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 77, Issue 2, September 1990, Pages 445–475, https://doi.org/10.2307/2079179 Published: 01 September 1990
A History of Neglect: Health Care for Blacks and Mill Workers in the Twentieth-Century South
Hard Times Cotton Mill Girls: Personal Histories of Womanhood and Poverty in the South
Capital Mobilization and Southern Industry, 1880-1905: The Case of the Carolina Piedmont
As the American South commenced its modern industrialization in the late nineteenth century, it found itself handicapped not simply by its poverty, but also by its lack of institutionalized means for mobilizing investment capital for manufacturing. Using evidence from the first major southern manufacturing region, the Carolina Piedmont, we argue that the resulting high information and transactions costs forced industrial promoters to rely heavily…
Industrialization and Southern Society, 1877-1984
Journal Article Industrialization and Southern Society, 1877–1984. By James C. Cobb. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984. xii + 185 pp. Notes, bibliographic note, and index. $19.00.) Get access David L. Carlton David L. Carlton Vanderbilt University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 72, Issue 1, June 1985, Pages 176–177, https://doi.org/10.2307/1903805 Published…
Mill and Town in South Carolina, 1880-1920
Mill and Town in South Carolina, 1880-1920
Journal Article Mill and Town in South Carolina, 1880–1920. By David L. Carlton. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1982. xiii + 313 pp. Maps, tables, appendix, notes, essay on sources, and index. Cloth, $32.50; paper, $14.95.) Get access Ernest M. Lander, Jr. Ernest M. Lander, Jr. Clemson University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 70, Issue 2, September 198…
Industrialization and Southern Society, 1877-1984
Journal Article Industrialization and Southern Society, 1877–1984. By James C. Cobb. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984. xii + 185 pp. Notes, bibliographic note, and index. $19.00.) Get access David L. Carlton David L. Carlton Vanderbilt University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 72, Issue 1, June 1985, Pages 176–177, https://doi.org/10.2307/1903805 Published…
The Uninventive South? A Quantitative Look at Region and American Inventiveness
Historical economists studying the United States have typically been preoccupied with explaining the American economic success story. With their gaze firmly set on the national level, it is not surprising that they have stressed the role played by the creation of a highly integrated national economy in furthering growth. Although economists' fascination with the benefits of free trade, factor mobility, and the division of labor is justifiable, th…
Hanging by a Thread: Social Change in Southern Textiles
Capital Mobilization and Southern Industry, 1880-1905: The Case of the Carolina Piedmont
As the American South commenced its modern industrialization in the late nineteenth century, it found itself handicapped not simply by its poverty, but also by its lack of institutionalized means for mobilizing investment capital for manufacturing. Using evidence from the first major southern manufacturing region, the Carolina Piedmont, we argue that the resulting high information and transactions costs forced industrial promoters to rely heavily…
Mill and Town in South Carolina, 1880-1920
Mill and Town in South Carolina, 1880-1920
Journal Article Mill and Town in South Carolina, 1880–1920. By David L. Carlton. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1982. xiii + 313 pp. Maps, tables, appendix, notes, essay on sources, and index. Cloth, $32.50; paper, $14.95.) Get access Ernest M. Lander, Jr. Ernest M. Lander, Jr. Clemson University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 70, Issue 2, September 198…
Industrialization and Southern Society, 1877-1984
Journal Article Industrialization and Southern Society, 1877–1984. By James C. Cobb. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984. xii + 185 pp. Notes, bibliographic note, and index. $19.00.) Get access David L. Carlton David L. Carlton Vanderbilt University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 72, Issue 1, June 1985, Pages 176–177, https://doi.org/10.2307/1903805 Published…
A History of Neglect: Health Care for Blacks and Mill Workers in the Twentieth-Century South
Hard Times Cotton Mill Girls: Personal Histories of Womanhood and Poverty in the South
Capital Mobilization and Southern Industry, 1880-1905: The Case of the Carolina Piedmont
As the American South commenced its modern industrialization in the late nineteenth century, it found itself handicapped not simply by its poverty, but also by its lack of institutionalized means for mobilizing investment capital for manufacturing. Using evidence from the first major southern manufacturing region, the Carolina Piedmont, we argue that the resulting high information and transactions costs forced industrial promoters to rely heavily…
The Men and the Mills: A History of the Southern Textile Industry
The Revolution from Above: The National Market and the Beginnings of Industrialization in North Carolina
Journal Article The Revolution from Above: The National Market and the Beginnings of Industrialization in North Carolina Get access David L. Carlton David L. Carlton associate professor of history Vanderbilt University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 77, Issue 2, September 1990, Pages 445–475, https://doi.org/10.2307/2079179 Published: 01 September 1990
Hanging by a Thread: Social Change in Southern Textiles
The Sunbelt Debate Revisited
Revenuers and Moonshiners: Enforcing Federal Liquor Law in the Mountain South, 1865-1900
The Uninventive South? A Quantitative Look at Region and American Inventiveness
Historical economists studying the United States have typically been preoccupied with explaining the American economic success story. With their gaze firmly set on the national level, it is not surprising that they have stressed the role played by the creation of a highly integrated national economy in furthering growth. Although economists' fascination with the benefits of free trade, factor mobility, and the division of labor is justifiable, th…
What Do We Need a Union For? The TWUA in the South, 1945-1955
Journal Article What Do We Need a Union For? The TWUA in the South, 1945–1955. By Timothy J. Minchin. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1997. x, 285 pp. Cloth, $45.00, ISBN 0-8078-2317-1 and Like Night & Day: Unionization in a Southern Mill Town. By Daniel J. Clark. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1997. xii, 260 pp. Cloth, $49.95, ISBN 0-8078-2306-6 Get access David L. Carlton David L. Carlton Vanderbilt University…
Shaw Industries: A History
The first corporate history of an enduring presence on the worldwide carpet manufacturing scene; 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, indus…
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