Unlikely Capitalists: Harmonists as Textile Manufacturers
Posted by Daniel Reibel on Nov 30, 2013 in | Comments Off on Unlikely Capitalists: Harmonists as Textile Manufacturers At the end of the eighteenth century, George Rapp (1757-1847) planned to create a religious community in the wilderness as near to heaven on earth as was humanly possible. He succeeded to a large extent, but in the process achieved a different kind of success: he created one of the largest textile manufacturing enterprises in the Pennsylvania of his time. While still in his native Württemburg,...read more