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Title:

Mill times [videorecording] / Unicorn Projects, Inc. ; based on the book Mill by David Macaulay ; produced and directed by Larry Klein ; co-producer Mark Olshaker ; written by Mark Olshaker and Larry Klein.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

PBS Home Video,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Textile industry--History.
Industrial revolution.
Textile workers.
Textile factories--Rhode Island--History.

Other Authors:

Macaulay, David.
Klein, Larry.
Olshaker, Mark, 1951-
Green, Mickey
Butler, James.
Einhorn, Richard, 1952 Aug. 2-
Mainwood, Roger.
Macaulay, David. Mill.
Unicorn Projects, Inc.
PBS Home Video.
Animation Partnership (Firm)
Carl Gover Associates.

Notes:

Hosted by David Macaulay. Originally produced in 2001.

Summary:

This animated program centers on a small New England community similar to Pawtucket, Rhode Island, where Samuel Slater established America's first textile mill. Live action hosted by David Macaulay, takes viewers from Manchester, England, to Lowell, Massachusetts, explaining technological changes that transformed the making of textiles, a key component of the Industrial Revolution sweeping across Europe and America in the late 18th century.

ISBN:

9780793691180
0793691184

UPC:

841887006194

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)