Resources
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- The Impact of Monetary and Labour Policies on the Flemish Cloth Industry
- Study focusing on the consequences of monetary policy in aggravating ongoing conflict in the English and Dutch cloth industry's labor relations during the late 14th Century. Author: John Munro. Text abstract. Full article on PDF document. [PDF]
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- The Low Countries' Export Trade in Textiles with the Mediterranean Basin
- Cost-benefit analysis, challenging the conventional wisdom in European economic history that long-distance maritime transport in 1200-1600 as always more cost effective than overland trade routes. Author: John H. Munro. Text abstract. Full article on PDF document. [PDF]
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- The Relocation of the Market for Australian Wool, 1880-1939
- Working paper analysing the historical developments which caused the international wool auction market to shift decisively from Britain to Australia during the period between 1880 and the start of the Second World War. Author: Simon Ville.
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- The Skills of the Unskilled in the American Industrial Revolution
- Research paper showing that the successful introduction of new technologies in textile factories in ante-bellum Lowell depended on the development of a labor force with substantial human capital by ever increasing investments in skill. Author: James Bessen. [PDF]
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- The Symbiosis of Towns and Textiles
- Extensive working paper on the effects of urbanization of the textile industry on cloth manufacturing in the Low Countries and England between 1280 and 1570 CE. Author: John H. Munro. Text abstract, and full text on PDF document. [PDF]
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- The West European Woollen Industries and their Struggles for International Markets
- Working paper presenting a macro- and micro-economic historical study of competition in the West European woollen textile industries, from ca 1000 to 1500. Author: John Munro. [PDF]
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- The Wool Trade in English Medieval History
- Series of Ford Lectures about sheep and wool production, the development and organization of the wool trade, the taxation of wool, the staple system, and the wool trade and the middle classes. First published in 1941. Author: Eileen Power. [PDF]
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- A Short Pictorial History of the Tucapau Mill
- Illustrated history of the Tucapau cotton textile mill in Startex, South Carolina, founded in 1895 and in continuous operation since then. Includes manufacturing data, newspaper articles and advertisements.
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- Ballasalla Cotton Mill
- The short lived history of the water powered Ballasalla Cotton Mill on the Isle of Man, UK, founded in 1780 by Deeemster Thomas Moore and folded in 1794 as a result of import duties imposed by and Act of Parliament.
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- Bemis Mill Village
- Historic cotton mill and mill town in Bemis, Tennessee, constructed in 1900 and listed on the National Registry of Historic Places. Detailed history and stories.
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- Bonham Cotton Mill
- The history of the Bonham cotton textile mill and mill village in Bonham, Texas, founded in 1900, changing ownership several times before closure as a result of cheaper imports in 1970.
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- Catherine Street Mill
- The history of the Catherine Street flax mill in Whitehaven, UK, built in 1809 and closed with the decline of the linen industry in 1853. Excerpt from the article 'Who Built the Catherine Street Mill?' by Margaret Robinson.
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- Charlottesville Woolen Mills
- History of Charlottesville and its cotton textile industry from the 1830's to the first World War. Includes articles about the 1918 strike and the mill workers, historic maps and a blog.
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- Coldharbour Mill
- Historic worsted yarn spinning mill which is still in operation, built by Thomas Fox in 1799 in the village of Uffculme, Devon, UK, and active in education, guided tours and workshops. Calendar of events. Links to related sites.
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- Conway Mill
- The history of the linen industry in Ireland and the Conway Mill in Belfast, founded in 1842 by James Kennedy and folded in 1976 due to cotton becoming the more important fiber for garments and home textiles. Bought by Conway Community Enterprises in the 1980's and in the process of being restored as a working museum.
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- E. Van Winkle Gin & Machine Works
- The history of the E. Van Winkle Gin and Machine Works (the Murray Company) complex, constructed in 1889 and developed into one of the largest industrial complexes in the US South dedicated to the manufacture of cotton ginning and processing machinery.
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- Glendale Cotton Mill
- Short article about the history, development and time of prosperity, and eventual decline and closure of the Glendale Cotton Mill at Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA. From the pages of Glendale, South Carolina.
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- History of Mount Vernon Mills
- The history of the Mount Vernon cotton textile mills in Baltimore, Maryland, originally constructed as flour and grist mills in 1810 and converted to cotton duck fabric manufacturing in the 1830's, and in continuous operation at the present.
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- Langthwaite Cotton Mill
- Part of the article 'Langthwaite Cotton Mill' by D.J.W.Mawson in The Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society for 1976, presenting the history of the Langthwaite cotton mill in Carlisle, UK, from 1790 to its closure in 1888. From the Industrial History of Cumbria.
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- Lenoir Cotton Mill
- History of the Lemoir Cotton Mill in Lenoir City, Tennessee, founded around 1820 by Major William B. Lenoir, nearly burned down in 1863, by troops under the command of General W. P. Saunders, and continued operations until the late 1890's. Its ruins were placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.