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Krause, Carrol, 1958-

Showers Brothers Furniture company the shared fortunes of a family, a city, and a university/ Carrol Krause. [electronic resource] : - Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, c2012. - 1 online resource (312 p.) - Quarry books . - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments -- Introductiono -- A note on the sources and monetary values -- Showers family information -- The reverend and his family -- Showers & Hendrix -- Legal troubles -- The brothers enter business -- The booming [apos]80s -- Death and fire -- Prosperity and loss -- Boom and bust -- Moving toward modernity -- Houses and a hospital -- "The world's largest furniture factory" -- The shop notes years -- Another beginning -- Final successes -- Everything changes -- Legacy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN: 9780253002242 0253002249

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Showers Brothers Furniture Factory (Bloomington, Ind.)--History.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Furniture industry and trade--History..--Indiana--Bloomington

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HD9773.U5 / K73 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 338.7/645409772255