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The Textile Industry in North Carolina (Glass, Brent D.)
The Textile Industry in North Carolina
Untertitel A History
Autor Glass, Brent D.
Verlag North Carolina Office of Archives and History
Sprache Englisch
Einband Kartonierter Einband (Kt)
Erscheinungsjahr 1992
Seiten 134 S.
Artikelnummer 21981949
ISBN 978-0-86526-256-0
CHF 24.90
Zusammenfassung

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.

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.