Download or read book The Textile Industry in North Carolina written by Brent D. Glass and published by North Carolina Division of Archives & History. This book was released on 1992 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Brent D. Glass examines North Carolina's textile industry from its roots in the spinning wheels and handlooms of the colonial and antebellum periods through the massive buy-outs, consolidations, and plant closings of the 1980s. Contains more than 50 black-and-white illustrations and a selected bibliography.