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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 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 D
http://www.saburchill.com/history/chapters/IR/008.html
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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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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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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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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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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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Norwich Textiles Project
UK. Collaboration of Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service and Norwich School of Art and Design, aimed at promoting study and research of the history, present and future of the Norwich textile industry, encouraging new initiatives from local business,
http://www.norwichtextiles.org.uk/
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Dillon's Cotton and the Cotton Mills
History of Dillon County's cotton and cotton textile industry, including a list of old occupations, a report about child labor, and oral histories.
http://sciway3.net/proctor/dillon/history/dillon_cotton.html
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From Weaver to Web
Project undertaken by the UK Calderdale Council aimed at raising the historic profile of the Calderdale area, one of its key elements being the development of a searchable visual archive featuring material relating to the textile industry that grew, rose
http://www.calderdale.gov.uk/wtw/
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