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Author:
Simonds, Christopher.
Title:
Samuel Slater's mill and the Industrial Revolution / Christopher Simonds.
Publisher:
Silver Burdett Press,
Copyright Date:
c1990
Description:
64 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Subject:
Slater, Samuel,--1768-1835--Juvenile literature.
Slater, Samuel,--1768-1835.
Industrialists--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Textile industry--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Industrialists.
Textile industry--United States--History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 64).
Summary:
A biography of the English mechanical genius who, in 1789, defied laws forbidding the emigration of textile workers and established the American textile industry in Rhode Island.
Series:
Turning points in American history
Silver Burdett library selection
ISBN:
9780382099472 (pbk.) :
0382099478 (pbk.) :
9780382099519 (lib. bdg.) :
0382099516 (lib. bdg.) :
Locations:
HQPD845 -- Rock Valley Public Library (Rock Valley)

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