{"product_id":"9781621904298-cannon-mills-and-kannapolis","title":"Cannon Mills and Kannapolis","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePersistent Paternalism in a Textile Town\u003cbr\u003eUses the Cannon Mills textile company’s intriguing history to help answer some of the larger questions involving industry and paternalism in the postbellum South. This authoritative, highly readable account of one company and the town it created adds a captivating layer of complexity to our understanding of southern capitalism.\u003cbr\u003eCannon Mills was once the country’s largest manufacturer of household  textiles, and in many ways it exemplified the textile industry and  paternalism in the postbellum South. At the same time, however, its  particular brand of paternalism was much stronger and more enduring than  elsewhere, and it remained in place long after most of the industry had  transitioned to modern, bureaucratic management. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e Cannon Mills and Kannapolis\u003c\/i\u003e, Tim Vanderburg critically  examines the rise of the Cannon Mills textile company and the North  Carolina community that grew up around it. Beginning with the founding  of the company and the establishment of its mill town by James W.  Cannon, the author draws on a wealth of primary sources to show how,  under Cannon’s paternalism, workers developed a collective identity and  for generations accepted the limits this paternalism placed on their  freedom. After exploring the growth and maturation of Cannon Mills  against the backdrop of World War I and its aftermath, Vanderburg  examines the impact of the Great Depression and World War II and then  analyzes the postwar market forces that, along with federal policies and  unionization, set in motion the industry’s shift from a paternalistic  model to bureaucratic authority. The final section of the book traces  the decline of paternalism and the eventual decline of Cannon Mills when  the death of the founder’s son, Charles Cannon, led to three successive  sales of the company. Pillowtex, its final owner, filed for bankruptcy  and was liquidated in 2003. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVanderburg uses Cannon Mills’s intriguing history to help answer  some of the larger questions involving industry and paternalism in the  postbellum South. Complete with maps and historic photographs, this  authoritative, highly readable account of one company and the town it  created adds a captivating layer of complexity to our understanding of  southern capitalism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57878513549686,"sku":"9781621904298","price":27.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_37711126.jpg?v=1778857291","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781621904298-cannon-mills-and-kannapolis","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}