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Title
  • Greenville county, 1817-1970 : from cotton fields to textile center of the world / Ray Belcher.
Author
Belcher, Ray
Publication
Charleston, SC : History Press, 2006.

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Description
191 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Subject
  • Greenville County (S.C.) > History
  • Textile industry > Greenville County > History
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The cotton mills of Greenville--origins -- Cotton mills in new south Greenville -- Expansion, competition and consolidation -- Greenville on the map -- Life on the mill village -- Realities of the mill village -- Growth of the textile industry and its consequences -- Textiles in war and peace -- Greenville as the textile center of the world 1950-1979 -- End of an era -- Epilogue : the problem of heritage.
ISBN
  • 9781596291546 (alk. paper)
  • 1596291540 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2006025845
OCLC
1243841871
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library