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The Textile Industry in Connecticut:

Suggestions for further reading

Dugas, Rene L., The French Canadians in New England 1871-1930: Taftville (The Early Years). Taftville, Rene Dugas: 1995.

Willimantic: Industry and Community: The Rise and Decline of a Connecticut Textile
City.,: Willimantic, Windham Textile & History Museum: 1993.

Linton, George E., The Modern Textile and Apparel Dictionary. Plainfield, NJ, Textile
Book Service: 1973.

Dunwell, Steve, The Run of the Mill: A pictorial narrative of the expansion, dominion,
decline and enduring impact of the New England Textile Industry. Boston, D.R. Godine: 1978.

Child Labor Website
http://www.pitt.edu/~press/goldentrianglebooks/childlabor.html

Mansfield’s Silk Industry
http://www.mansfieldct-history.org/Industry/Silk/silk_production.shtml

General Textile History
http://artimis.simmons.edu/~lieb/textiles.htm

Link to other essays in this Journey:

>> Introduction: The Textile Industry in Connecticut
>>
Early History of Textiles in Connecticut
>> Diversity of Textiles
>> Child Labor
>> Immigrant Workers
>> Housing for Factory Workers
>> Stages of Textile Processing

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