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The Symbiosis of Towns and Textiles
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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. Text abstract, and full text on PDF document.
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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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The Textile Industry
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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.
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Blackburn, Cotton and the Industrial Revolution
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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.
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History of Technology and Work
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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.
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