The Textile Industry in North Carolina: A History

by Brent D. Glass

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780865262560
Publisher:	North Carolina Office of Archives and History
Publication date:	01/01/1992
Series:	Agriculture and Technology in North Carolina Series
Pages:	133
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.70(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

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.