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
and 2 more

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.

Subjects

Topics

HistorySilk industryTextiles & CostumeIndustries - GeneralAntiques & CollectiblesBusiness / Economics / FinanceIndustries, united states, history

Places

Other Editions

  • American silk, 1830-1930Texas Tech University Press2007

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