Mechanical and Organizational Innovation: The Drapers and the Automatic Loom

Business History Review

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 876-929

  Mass, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

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EID: 84976017488     PISSN: 00076805     EISSN: 2044768X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3115965     Document Type: Article

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