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- A History of Cotton Mills and Cotton Mill Vilages - Extensive excerpt of a book on the development of the textile industry in Mississippi, USA. Author: Narvell Strickland.
narvellstrickland1.tripod.com/cottonmillhistory2/index1.html
- An Introduction to the Textile Tradition in Prato - Timeline and short period descriptions of the development of the textile industry in this north Italian industrial center, from the 13th century till the present. Author: Prof. Claudio Balcucci.
www.po-net.prato.it/artestoria/storia/eng/sintess.htm
- Ancient Textiles as Evidence for Textile Production - Article on the study of ancient textiles from the Roman period as archeological tool for the provision of information on cultural, technological and trade practices.
www.unc.edu/courses/rometech/public/content/survival/DeRamus_Durham_Laxton/brian.html
- Between a Rock and a Hard Place - Description, historic development and current situation of sweatshops, of which those related to the textile industry are the most notorious. Links to related sites. Authors: Peter Liebhold and Harry Rubenstein.
historymatters.gmu.edu/d/145
- Blackburn, Cotton and the Industrial Revolution - The history of Blackburn, UK, as it developed from a small market town in the 16th century, to one of the most important textile weaving centers in Great Britain during the Industrial Revolution. Author: S. Lassey.
www.aboutlancs.com/cotton.htm
- Cotton Mill and Textile History Guide - Extensive historical information on past and present cotton yarn spinning and fabric weaving mills of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, USA. Photo galleries, and survey and research reports. From the Historic Landmarks Commission site.
www.cmhpf.org/essays/cottonmills.html
- History of Technology and Work - Comprehensive article on the causes, effects, cultural origins and consequences of the Industrial Revolution, as it began in the English textile industry. Author: Patricia R. Backer.
www.engr.sjsu.edu/pabacker/causeIR.htm
- Lippitt Mill and Related Textile History - Excerpts of a book on the industrialization of New England, as it started with the development of mechanised textile mills. Drawings of contemporary mills and machinery, and descriptions of production processes. Author: J. E. Hayes III.
www.riverpointlace.com/lippitt_mill_history.htm
- Preserving Work: A Losing Battle - Short essay on the social unrest in the textile industry, resulting from the invention of automatic and steam-engine driven looms and jennies. Author: Prof. Rebecca Shul.
tinpan.fortunecity.com/hammond/206/writing/essay3.html
- Textile History - Concise overview of the development of textiles as an industry, from Neolithic times to the Industrial Revolution. From the Textile Guide web site.
www.thetextileguide.com/tghist.htm
- Textile History Booklist - List of books on the history of lace making, the cotton industry, natural fiber production and processing, and textile printing techniques. From Shire Publications.
www.shirebooks.co.uk/Textile/textile-bl.htm
- Textile Science and Technology - Informative web site, with short articles on the history and development of the textile industry, knitting technology, man-made fibers and textile specialty chemicals. Author: J.N. Vohra.
www.geocities.com/invtex
- The 'Industrial Crisis' of the English Textile Towns - Abstract of a paper on the causes of the economic crisis in the traditional English textile manufacturing centers during the period between 1290 and 1340 CE. Full paper on PDF files. Author: John H. Munro.
www.chass.utoronto.ca/ecipa/archive/UT-ECIPA-MUNRO-98-02.html
- The Cotton Industry: Its Growth and Impact, 1600-1935 - Thoemmes Press excerpts from a book on the development of the British cotton textile industry, and its growth into one of the most important global trades. Author: Stanley Chapman.
www.thoemmes.com/economics/cotton_intro.htm
- The Falls of the Clyde, New Lanark Mills - Description of the 18th century water powered cotton spinning mill built by David Dale and Richard Arkwright, and the village that developed around it.
www.aboutscotland.com/water/clydenl.html
- The Story of My Cotton Dress - A child's view of the conditions under which children and adults were being employed in early 20th century American textile mills and sewing plants. From The Child Labor Bulletin (1914).
www.history.ohio-state.edu/projects/childlabor/cottondress
- The Symbiosis of Towns and Textiles - Extensive working paper on the effects of urbanization of the textile industry on cloth manufacturing in the Low Countries and England between 1280 and 1570 CE. Author: John H. Munro.
www.chass.utoronto.ca/~munro5/wpmunro9803.html
- The Textile Industry - Concise description of the textile industry as a family enterprise before the Industrial Revolution. Links to textile inventors, brief history of the cotton industry, and chronology of textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution. From The Open Door web site.
www.saburchill.com/history/chapters/IR/008.html
- The Textile Industry's Struggle to Organize - Detailed history of the slow and troublesome process of organization of the North American textile workers. From the Unite Canada web site.
www.unite-svti.org/En/ABOUT_UNITE/HISTORY/textile/textile.html
- The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire - The history of the 1911 fire in a US garment sewing shop, which set off the introduction of new legislation and regulations on safety issues and workers rights in the textile industry. Links to original documents, and related web sites.
www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire
- Whole Cloth - Web version of an educational project, aimed at widening public understanding of the development of the American textile industry. Extensive essays, illustrations and history resources on the industrialization of textile manufacturing, cloth dyeing techniques and fibers.
www.si.edu/lemelson/centerpieces/whole_cloth
- Women in the Workplace - Extensive article on the history of employing women in American textile mills, and the development of women as a driving force in labor unions. Short biographies of key individuals. Author: Shirley Leckie.
www.thehistorynet.com/WomensHistory/articles/19967_text.htm
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