Bibliograph

Irish people, Irish linen, Kathleen Curtis Wilson

Type

Label

Irish people, Irish linen, Kathleen Curtis Wilson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Irish people, Irish linen

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

711988997

Responsibility statement

Kathleen Curtis Wilson

Table Of Contents

Introduction: Irish linen and the Irish diaspora : fabrics spanning water / Brian Lambkin -- The people and the place -- A long way from field to finish by hand -- Domestic life and factory work grow side by side -- Irish linen as cargo and coverings on land, sea, and air -- A social experiment in two mill villages -- Famine for the poor, lace for the rich -- Linenopolis leads the industrialization of Irish linen -- Smoothing out the wrinkles... or not -- Bright white and crisply starched : the linen shirt -- Marketing Irish linen worldwide -- An enduring legacy -- No end in sight

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