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Author Simonds, Christopher.

Title Samuel Slater's mill and the Industrial Revolution / Christopher Simonds.

Imprint Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Silver Burdett Press, c1990.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Special Collections Whitehead  677.21 Sl15Bs 1990    ---  Lib Use Only
Description 64 pages : illustrations (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Series Turning points in American history
Silver Burdett library selection
Turning points in American history.
Silver Burdett library selection.
Bibliography 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.
Subject Slater, Samuel, 1768-1835 -- Juvenile literature.
Industrialists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Textile industry -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Slater, Samuel, 1768-1835.
Textile industry -- United States -- History.
ISBN 0382099478 (pbk.) : $7.95
0382099516 (lib. bdg.) : $14.98
9780382099519 (lib. bdg.)
9780382099472 (pbk.)

 
    
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