Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- APPENDICES -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- TABLES -- CHARTS -- EDITORS' INTRODUCTION -- AUTHOR'S PREFACE -- PART ONE THE FORMATIVE YEARS, 1813-1853 -- CHAPTER I ORIGINS OF THE THREE PARENT COMPANIES 1813-1825 -- CHAPTER II OPERATING AS A COTTON-MILL DEPARTMENT WALTHAM, 1814-1825...

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- TABLES -- EDITORS' INTRODUCTION -- AUTHOR'S PREFACE -- PART I. EARLY YEARS, 1844-1870 -- CHAPTER I. YANKEES ORGANIZE THE PEPPERELL MANUFACTURING COMPANY -- CHAPTER II. THE COTTON TEXTILE INDUSTRY IN NEW ENGLAND, 1775-1850 -- CHAPTER III. PURCHASING...