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The Story of My Cotton Dress
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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).
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Cotton Mill and Textile History Guide
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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.
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of the English Textile Towns
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Paper arguing that the industrial crisis of the traditional English textile towns during the period 1290-1340 was caused by a far reaching economic crisis afflicting their major cloth markets in the Mediterranean basin, rather then the emergence of supposedly superior, lower-cost rural competition. Author: John H. Munro. Text abstract. Full text on PDF document.
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Lippitt Mill and Related Textile History
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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.
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