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A Glance at the Textile Industry in Iran
History and state of the Iranian textile industry by the Chamber of Commerce of Iran. Contains an overview of textile history from 3000 BC until today.
http://www.netiran.com/?fn=artd(2253)
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The Textile Industry
A collection of articles on inventions, inventors and entrepreneurs in the British textile industry of the 18th and 19th centuries. Also, descriptions of the conditions in textile mills, factory workers and child labor. From Spartacus Schoolnet.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Textiles.htm
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The Witney Blanket Story
History of blanket manufacturing in the UK town of Witney, Oxfordshire, from the 17th Century until the closure of the last remaining blanket factory in 2002. Includes oral histories, a list of historic mills, searchable collection catalogs, a glossary o
http://www.witneyblanketstory.org.uk/
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Textile Production in Europe, 1600–1800
Introduction to silk weaving, lace making, tapestry, embroidery and printing as the principal European textile industries between 1600 and 1800. Compiled by Melinda Watt. From the web site of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/txt/hd_txt.htm
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Uses of Liberty Rhetoric Among Lowell Mill Girls
Information resource containing links to poems and songs written by the women that worked in the Lowell cotton mills in the 19th Century, and used to express their resistance to the hard labor they viewed as undignified.
http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/americanstudies/lavender/lowell.html
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Textile Industry History
The history and development of the textile industry in the United States with detailed descriptions of historic mills, profiles of captains of industry, and manufacturing processes of the past.
http://www.textilehistory.org/
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Textile Heritage Initiative
Internet project dedicated to the preservation of the history and heritage of Southern US cotton mill people through recording the stories, and saving the places and the historical records of the region’s textile industry, and educational activities. Lin
http://www.textileheritage.org/
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The Textile Heritage Museum
Ongoing restoration project as well as a museum highlighting the textile history of Alamance County and the Piedmont, USA, featuring the history and machinery of the textile industry from the cottage industry to the present, the family labor system, life
http://www.textileheritagemuseum.org/
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The History of Cotton Belt Railroad
Homepage presenting a detailed history of the Cotton Belt railroad company, which was originally created for the transport of cotton in 1877, and is currently owned by the Southern Pacific Company.
http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/8199/c_belt.html
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History of Egyptian Cotton
Short history of cotton cultivation and manufacturing, and the history and development of cotton cultivation and the cotton textile industry in modern Egypt since 1822, including the political influences that eventually led to Egypt's colonization. From
http://www.royal-egyptian-cotton.com/AboutEgyptianCotton/history.asp
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