The Textile Industry in North Carolina: A History

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.

Author: Brent D. Glass
Publisher: North Carolina Division of Archives & History
Published: 01/01/1992
Pages: 133
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.88h x 5.75w x 0.29d
ISBN: 9780865262560

About the Author
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.