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Dehner Boot Company Of Omaha, Nebraska: A Study In Manufacturing Geography, Larry J. Mastin
Dehner Boot Company Of Omaha, Nebraska: A Study In Manufacturing Geography, Larry J. Mastin
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This study addresses and follows the changing nature and character of the Dehner Boot Company of Omaha, Nebraska between 1883 and 1997. It examines the spatial (or geographic) patterns of change the company followed through its conception outside the gates of Fort Riley, Kansas, its influx of orders forcing it to seek a new facility in Wichita, Kansas, and the internal problems forcing the company to divide. This study used methodology proposed by Ann Markusen searching for qualitative data through interviews with the past and present president of the company to unravel the decision making process that forced the company …