The Merchant, the Manufacturer, and the Factory Manager

The Case of Samuel Slater

Bibliographic Data

ID9627683
AuthorsBarbara M Tucker (Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, corresponding author)
Year1981
Volume55
Issue3
Pages297-313
Publication date1981-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Business History Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-6805 • E-ISSN: 2044-768X
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3114126
OpenAlexW2320365154
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited21

Early textile enterprises faced no trends with greater reluctance than the integration of operations within a single factory and, considerably later, the assignment of formerly family-dominated, entrepreneurial functions to hired factory agents. Samuel Slater, the classic pioneer of factory production of textile yarns, was slow to accept these trends, and only the obvious inability of either him or his family to cope with a rapidly growing and changing industry in the 1820s and 1830s forced him to integrate spinning, weaving, and finishing operations and to turn over broad responsiblity in individual factories to what is perhaps the earliest example of the professional manager

Archaeology · Business · Commerce · Economics · Factory (object-oriented programming · Management · Operations management · Political science · Production (economics · Textile · Textile industry · Weaving · Computer Science · Engineering · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · History · Law · Mechanical Engineering

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