American silk, 1830-1930
entrepreneurs and artifacts
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Contributions
- Senechal, Marjorie. - Contributor
- Shaw, Madelyn. - Contributor
Publication
2007 - Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock, Tex, Texas
Language
English
Word Count
81,500 words, Guess
Page Count
326 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL17726695M
- ISBN-100896725898
- ISBN-139780896725898
- Goodreads3092700
- LibraryThing3809753
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- Library of Congress Control Number2006014189
- OCLC Control Number68786671
Classifications
- LCCTS1655.U6 F54 2007
Description
"Traces the American silk industry, once the world's largest, through case studies of the Nonotuck (Northampton, Massachusetts), Haskell (Westbrook, Maine), and Mallinson (New York and Pennsylvania) silk companies. Examines entrepreneurs as well as history of technology and products from sewing-machine thread to mass-produced plain and high-fashion silks"--Provided by publisher.
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