Notes Gathered from the History of Textiles
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A 1902 magazine essay surveying the history of textiles from antiquity to the nineteenth century. It treats spinning and weaving as women's crafts and civilizing forces, then reviews the raw materials wool, silk, cotton and flax and their spread through the Mediterranean, Asia and Europe. The later pages cover the English factory system, child labor, and the reforms of Sir Robert Peel and Robert Owen, ending with a balanced assessment of the modern labor system.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1902
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 22
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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