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The Organization of the Boot and Shoe Industry in Massachusetts Before 1875

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The significance and interest of this investigation, 236. — Scanty supply of materials, and difficulties in their collection, 237. — Stages of the boot and shoe industry outlined and limited, 239. — Illustration and characterization of these stages and their phases: (a) Home Stage, 239. — (b) Handicraft Stage, Phase 1, ordered or "bespoke" work, 240. — Phase 2, "bespoke" work plus some extra or "sale" work, 242. — (c) Domestic Stage, appearance of entrepreneur, 242. — Phase 1, domestic worker makes complete shoe, 245. — Phase 2, specialization in processes and rise of central shop, 248. — Phase 3, inventions to secure standardization and to economize time, 254. — (d) Factory Stage, Phase 1, more direct control and supervision with workers in factory, 257. — Phase 2, intensive production with discovery and use of by-products, and with centralization or absorption of allied industries, 261.

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  • Blanche E. Hazard, 1913. "The Organization of the Boot and Shoe Industry in Massachusetts Before 1875," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 27(2), pages 236-262.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:qjecon:v:27:y:1913:i:2:p:236-262.
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