American Silk, 1830-1930
American Silk, 1830-1930

Author: Jacqueline Field

Publisher: Texas Tech University Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780896725898

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"Traces the American silk industry, once the world's largest, through case studies of the Nonotuck (Northampton, Massachusetts), Haskell (Westbrook, Maine), and Mallinson (New York and Pennsylvania) silk companies. Examines entrepreneurs as well as history of technology and products from sewing-machine thread to mass-produced plain and high-fashion silks"--Provided by publisher.

Utopian Genderscapes
Utopian Genderscapes

Author: Michelle C. Smith

Publisher: SIU Press

Published: 2021-10-04

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 0809338351

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"This innovative feminist rhetorical history advances valuable lessons for contemporary discussions in the discipline about teleological rhetorics, rhetorics of exceptionalism, and rhetorics of choice"--

Evolution of Our Native Fruits
Evolution of Our Native Fruits

Author: Liberty Bailey

Publisher: Applewood Books

Published: 2009-02

Total Pages: 502

ISBN-13: 1429013656

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A prolific author on all aspects of horticulture, Liberty Bailey provides readers with a historical background on native American fruit varieties, including grapes, mulberries, apples, and berries in this 1906 work.