Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Textile Manufacturing in New England (1790-1830)

Paper instructions:
Explore the beginnings of textile manufacturing in New England in the period 1790-1830.  You should include Samuel Slater's contributions; the Rhode Island System; Lowell Mills and the Waltham System; the development of wage labor and its effects on skilled craftsmen.
 

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