The Textile Industry in North Carolina: A History

By Brent D. Glass

Book Overview

Author Brent D. Glass examines North Carolina's textile industry from its roots in the spinning wheels and handlooms of the colonial and antebellum periods through the massive buy-outs, consolidations, and plant closings of the 1980s. Contains more than 50 black-and-white illustrations and a selected bibliography.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 086526256X
• ISBN13: 9780865262560
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: North Carolina Division of Archives & History
• Length: 133 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12