| The Textile Industry in North Carolina: A History Contributor(s): Glass, Brent D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 086526256X ISBN-13: 9780865262560 Publisher: North Carolina Division of Archives & History OUR PRICE: $13.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1992 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) |
| LCCN: 93107706 |
| Physical Information: 0.29" H x 5.75" W x 8.88" (0.53 lbs) 133 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - South |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Glass, Brent D.: - Brent D. Glass earned a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Since 2002 he has served as director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History. Previously, he served for fifteen years as the executive director of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. |