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Early Industrial Textiles in New England,
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This review is from: A New Order of Things: How the Textile Industry Transformed New England (Paperback)
This is an extremely readable, very good history of the transformation of textile production in eastern New England from a home-based craft to an industrial enterprise. The history of the early mills - such as the Slater Mill in Rhode Island - is described in a fair amount of detail. The fascinating era of the "outwork weavers" in the early 19th century provides one of the book's high points. "A New Order of Things" is filled with beautiful photographs of mills, textiles, and early industrial textile machinery, and should be much better known than it is. The University Press of New England deserves a great deal of credit for continuing to publish high quality books on various aspects of New England history and culture. Readers who enjoy "A New Order of Things" should also read Gail Fowler Mohanty's essay, "Rhode Island Handloom Weavers: A Probate Perspective," which can be found in the book, "Early American Probate Inventories" (Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife).
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A New Order of Things: How the Textile Industry Transformed New England by Paul E. Rivard (Hardcover - November 1, 2002)
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