A Manual of Shoemaking and Leather and Rubber Products (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Practical Guide to Footwear Production, Leatherworking, and Rubber ManufacturingBy William H. Dooley
Length3h 54m
About this audiobook
A Manual of Shoemaking and Leather and Rubber Products is a practical yet carefully organized guide to the materials, tools, processes, and industrial logic behind footwear manufacture and related trades. Moving from hides and tanning to cutting, stitching, lasting, finishing, and the uses of rubber, the book exemplifies the early twentieth-century vocational manual: lucid, sequential, empirical, and attentive to both hand skill and factory production. Its style is didactic rather than ornamental, but its precision gives it historical literary value within the literature of industrial education. William H. Dooley was associated with the movement to make technical knowledge accessible to students, apprentices, and workers at a time when American manufacturing was rapidly expanding and standardizing. His writing reflects the concerns of progressive-era vocational instruction: useful knowledge, disciplined observation, and respect for skilled labor. Such a background helps explain the book's unusual breadth, linking shoemaking not merely to craft tradition but to chemistry, machinery, commerce, and modern materials. This volume is recommended for readers interested in craft history, industrial education, material culture, or the evolution of footwear manufacture. It will especially reward those who value manuals that preserve the intelligence of practical work.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
GenreTechnology
Length3 hrs 54 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 30, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1A Manual of Shoemaking and Leather and Rubber Products (Annotated)
18CHAPTER FOUR THE ANATOMY OF THE FOOT
2PREFACE
19CHAPTER FIVE HOW SHOE STYLES ARE MADE
3SHOEMAKING
20CHAPTER SIX DEPARTMENTS OF A SHOE FACTORY—GOODYEAR WELT SHOES
4CHAPTER ONE FUNDAMENTAL SHOE TERMS
21CHAPTER SEVEN McKAY AND TURNED SHOES
5CHAPTER TWO HIDES AND THEIR TREATMENT
22History of the Turn Shoe
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6I. NATIVE HIDES
23Standard Screw Shoemaking
7II. COUNTRY HIDES
24CHAPTER EIGHT OLD-FASHIONED SHOEMAKING AND REPAIRING
8III. DRY HIDES
25How Shoes are Repaired
9IV. CALFSKINS
26Shoe Repairing
10V. PARIS CITY CALFSKINS
27Modern Method of Repairing Shoes
11CHAPTER THREE PROCESSES OF TANNING
28CHAPTER NINE LEATHER AND SHOEMAKING TERMS
12Leather for Belting
29CHAPTER TEN LEATHER PRODUCTS MANUFACTURE
13Rawhide Products
30Automobile and Furniture Leather
14The By-products of a Leather Belting Factory
31CHAPTER ELEVEN RUBBER SHOE MANUFACTURE
15Round Belt Making
32Rubber Heels
16Properties of Tanned Leather
33Memorable Quotes
17Substitutes for Leather
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