High Point (Classic Reprint): A Brief Summary of Its Manufacturing Enterprises, Together With Sketches of Many of the Business Men - Softcover
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Discover how a small Southern town built a thriving furniture industry through grit, risk, and homegrown capital. This edition looks at how High Point, North Carolina transformed from a modest market town into the South’s manufacturing powerhouse. It highlights local initiative, a diverse lineup of factories, and the way business leaders and residents invested in their own future.
High Point’s story centers on entrepreneurship and practical problem‑solving. With no reliance on large outside capital, the town built a network of small to mid‑size factories that produced a wide range of goods. The result was steady growth in jobs, freight, and local institutions that supported the budding industry.
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- A chronology of local manufacturing growth driven by residents’ confidence and collaboration
- The rise of a diverse factory landscape, from furniture to tobacco to machinery
- How banks, savings organizations, and local leadership helped finance and sustain expansion
- The role of schools, newspapers, and civic groups in building a skilled, invested community
Ideal for readers of local history and business case studies of grassroots economic development.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. A collection of essays, reviews, speeches, and business records provide an archive detailing the commercial and social progression of the southern town of High Point, North Carolina. From its 1889 origins as a small-scale tobacco and textile producer through an industrial boom in furniture manufacturing, the town grew into a significant player in the American furniture industry by the early 1900's. As a microcosm of the new South, High Point became a complex and increasingly prosperous community, with a diverse population of workers, businessmen, and various industries, and played a notable role in the transformation of the American South. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781334424168_0
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