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Reconstruction of a Flemish basket of consumables price index for the period 1350-1500, aimed to
determine the value of luxury broad woven woollen cloth related to income. Text abstract. Full
article on PDF document. Author: John H. Munro.
http://www.economics.utoronto.ca/ecipa/archive/UT-ECIPA-MUNRO-98-04.html
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Monetary Politics, Guild Labour-Strife, and Compulsory Arbitration during the Decline of the Late-Medieval Flemish Cloth Industry
Paper exploring the impact of the Count of Flanders' monetary and wage policies upon the Flemish
woollen cloth manufacturing industry during its period of decline from 1390 to 1435. Text abstract.
Full article on PDF document. Author: John H. Munro.
http://www.economics.utoronto.ca/ecipa/archive/UT-ECIPA-MUNRO-98-05.html
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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.
http://www.economics.utoronto.ca/ecipa/archive/UT-ECIPA-MUNRO-99-01.html
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Industrial Change in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Century Low Countries
Review of the circumstances which resulted in Merino wools to become the chief woollen cloth in the
southern Low Countries during the later fifteenth and early sixteenth Century. Author: John H.
Munro. Text abstract. Full article on PDF document.
http://www.economics.utoronto.ca/ecipa/archive/UT-ECIPA-MUNRO-02-03.html
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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.
http://www.economics.utoronto.ca/ecipa/archive/UT-ECIPA-MUNRO-02-05.html
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The "Industrial Crisis" of the English Textile Towns
Paper arguing that the industrial crisis of the traditional English textile towns during the period
1290-1340 was caused by a far reaching economic crisis afflicting their major cloth markets in the
Mediterranean basin, rather then the emergence of supposedly superior, lower-cost rural
competition. Author: John H. Munro. Text abstract. Full text on PDF document.
http://www.economics.utoronto.ca/ecipa/archive/UT-ECIPA-MUNRO-98-02.html
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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.
http://www.economics.utoronto.ca/ecipa/archive/UT-ECIPA-MUNRO-98-03.html
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Flax Spinning
Article about the history of flax. Characterization, cultivation, processing and spinning of flax,
from 6000 BCE till the present age. From the Kingdom of Ealdormere. Author: Ercadh Padraic.
http://www.ealdormere.sca.org/university/flaxspinning.shtml
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Blackburn, Cotton and the Industrial Revolution
The history of Blackburn, UK, as it developed from a small market town in the 16th century, to one
of the most important textile weaving centers in Great Britain during the Industrial Revolution.
Author: S. Lassey.
http://www.aboutlancs.com/cotton.htm
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Description, historic development and current situation of sweatshops, of which those related to
the textile industry are the most notorious. Links to related sites. Authors: Peter Liebhold and
Harry Rubenstein.
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/145/
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A History of Cotton Mills and Cotton Mill Vilages
Extensive excerpt of a book on the development of the textile industry in Mississippi, USA. Author:
Narvell Strickland.
http://narvellstrickland1.tripod.com/cottonmillhistory2/index1.html
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The Falls of the Clyde, New Lanark Mills
Description of the 18th century water powered cotton spinning mill built by David Dale and Richard
Arkwright, and the village that developed around it.
http://www.aboutscotland.com/water/clydenl.html
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The Textile Industry's Struggle to Organize
Detailed history of the slow and troublesome process of organization of the North American textile
workers. From the Unite Canada web site.
http://www.unite-svti.org/En/ABOUT_UNITE/HISTORY/textile/textile.html
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Lippitt Mill and Related Textile History
Excerpts of a book on the industrialization of New England, as it started with the development of
mechanised textile mills. Drawings of contemporary mills and machinery, and descriptions of
production processes. Author: J. E. Hayes III.
http://www.riverpointlace.com/lippitt_mill_history.htm
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Ancient Textiles as Evidence for Textile Production
Article on the study of ancient textiles from the Roman period as archeological tool for the
provision of information on cultural, technological and trade practices.
http://www.unc.edu/courses/rometech/public/content/survival/DeRamus_Durham_Laxton/brian.html
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History of Technology and Work
Comprehensive article on the causes, effects, cultural origins and consequences of the Industrial
Revolution, as it began in the English textile industry. Author: Patricia R. Backer.
http://www.engr.sjsu.edu/pabacker/causeIR.htm
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The 'Industrial Crisis' of the English Textile Towns
Abstract of a paper on the causes of the economic crisis in the traditional English textile
manufacturing centers during the period between 1290 and 1340 CE. Full paper on PDF files. Author:
John H. Munro.
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/ecipa/archive/UT-ECIPA-MUNRO-98-02.html
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Textile History
Concise overview of the development of textiles as an industry, from Neolithic times to the
Industrial Revolution. From the Textile Guide web site.
http://www.thetextileguide.com/tghist.htm
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An Introduction to the Textile Tradition in Prato
Timeline and short period descriptions of the development of the textile industry in this north
Italian industrial center, from the 13th century till the present. Author: Prof. Claudio Balcucci.
http://www.po-net.prato.it/artestoria/storia/eng/sintess.htm
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Cotton Mill and Textile History Guide
Extensive historical information on past and present cotton yarn spinning and fabric weaving mills
of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, USA. Photo galleries, and survey and research reports. From
the Historic Landmarks Commission site.
http://www.cmhpf.org/essays/cottonmills.html
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Whole Cloth
Web version of an educational project, aimed at widening public understanding of the development of
the American textile industry. Extensive essays, illustrations and history resources on the
industrialization of textile manufacturing, cloth dyeing techniques and fibers.
http://www.si.edu/lemelson/centerpieces/whole_cloth
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The Textile Industry
Concise description of the textile industry as a family enterprise before the Industrial
Revolution. Links to textile inventors, brief history of the cotton industry, and chronology of
textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution. From The Open Door web site.
http://www.saburchill.com/history/chapters/IR/008.html
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Textile Science and Technology
Informative web site, with short articles on the history and development of the textile industry,
knitting technology, man-made fibers and textile specialty chemicals. Author: J.N. Vohra.
http://www.geocities.com/invtex/
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The Story of My Cotton Dress
A child's view of the conditions under which children and adults were being employed in early 20th
century American textile mills and sewing plants. From The Child Labor Bulletin (1914).
http://www.history.ohio-state.edu/projects/childlabor/cottondress/
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Preserving Work: A Losing Battle
Short essay on the social unrest in the textile industry, resulting from the invention of automatic
and steam-engine driven looms and jennies. Author: Prof. Rebecca Shul.
http://tinpan.fortunecity.com/hammond/206/writing/essay3.html
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Women in the Workplace
Extensive article on the history of employing women in American textile mills, and the development
of women as a driving force in labor unions. Short biographies of key individuals. Author: Shirley
Leckie.
http://www.thehistorynet.com/WomensHistory/articles/19967_text.htm
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The Cotton Industry: Its Growth and Impact, 1600-1935
Thoemmes Press excerpts from a book on the development of the British cotton textile industry, and
its growth into one of the most important global trades. Author: Stanley Chapman.
http://www.thoemmes.com/economics/cotton_intro.htm
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