Excavating the site of the factory has revealed that Bonnin and Morris produced bone porcelain some fifty years earlier than experts had previously believed it was manufactured in America. With wit and a keen eye, Hood examines the larger implications of the failure to establish a large-scale industry in the colonies. Insufficient capital was part of the answer, but Hood also advances the idea that the factory's demise was also the result of price cutting by the East India Company. Originally published in 1972. A UNC Press ...
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Excavating the site of the factory has revealed that Bonnin and Morris produced bone porcelain some fifty years earlier than experts had previously believed it was manufactured in America. With wit and a keen eye, Hood examines the larger implications of the failure to establish a large-scale industry in the colonies. Insufficient capital was part of the answer, but Hood also advances the idea that the factory's demise was also the result of price cutting by the East India Company. Originally published in 1972. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
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New, in shrinkwrap. Blue cloth with bluish, printed sutjacket. xiii, 78 pp. with 32 bw plates. An exhaustive study on the rise and ruin of America's first china factory. The site's excavation proves that the factory produced bone china 50 years before it was believed to be manufactured, and has also served to authenticate several pieces in American museums.
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VG/VG. Blue cloth, lilac and illus. DJ. 78 pp. 56 bw plates. An exhaustive study on the rise and ruin of America's first china factory. The site's excavation proves that the factory produced bone china 50 years before it was believed to be manufactured, and has also served to authenticate several pieces in American museums.
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