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Book Title: Labor And Laborers Of The Loom: Mechanization And Handloom W...
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Labor and Laborers of the Loom : Mechanization and Handloom Weavers, 1780-1840
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Year: 2012
Subject: Industries / General, Development / General, Industries / Fashion & Textile Industry, General, Weaving, United States / General
Item Height: 0.7 in
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Business & Economics, Crafts & Hobbies, History
Author: Gail Fowler Mohanty
Item Length: 6 in
Series: Studies in American Popular History and Culture Ser.
Item Width: 9 in
Format: Trade Paperback
