Hands to the spindle : Texas women and home textile production, 1822-1880 /

In nineteenth-century Texas women's hands often created the fabrics their families wore, the blankets used to cover their tired bodies, and the textiles that furnished their homes. Through spinning, weaving, dyeing, and knitting of clothing and linens, women displayed their abilities and their...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Marks, Paula Mitchell, 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station, Tex. : Texas A & M University Press, ©1996.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Clayton Wheat Williams Texas life series ; no. 5.
Temas:
1800-1899
Women textile workers > Texas > History > 19th century.
Women weavers > Texas > History > 19th century.
Hand weaving > Texas > History > 19th century.
Spinning > Texas > History > 19th century.
Travailleuses du textile > Texas > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Tisserandes > Texas > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Tissage à la main > Texas > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Filature > Texas > Histoire > 19e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Hand weaving
Spinning
Women textile workers
Women weavers
Textielindustrie.
Thuiswerk.
Vrouwenarbeid.
Business & Economics.
Labor & Workers' Economics.
Texas
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Legacy and Contexts
  • 2. The Early Years, 1822-1836
  • 3. The Republic and Early Statehood Years, 1836-1860
  • 4. The Civil War and the West Texas Frontier, 1860-1880.

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