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  2. History of cotton - Wikipedia

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    King Cotton in Modern America: A Cultural, Political, and Economic History since 1945 (2010) excerpt; Riello, Giorgio. Cotton: The Fabric that Made the Modern World (2015) excerpt; Riello, Giorgio. How India Clothed the World: The World of South Asian Textiles, 1500–1850 (2013) Yafa, Stephen (2006). Cotton: The Biography of a Revolutionary ...

  3. History of clothing and textiles - Wikipedia

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    Textiles can be felt or spun fibers made into yarn and subsequently netted, looped, knit or woven to make fabrics which appeared in the Middle East during the late Stone Age. [4] From ancient times to the present day, methods of textile production have continually evolved, and the choices of textiles available have influenced how people carried ...

  4. Quizlet - Wikipedia

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    Quizlet made its first acquisition in March 2021, with the purchase of Slader, which offered detailed explanations of textbook concepts and practice problems, and eventually incorporated it into its paid platform, Quizlet Plus. [20] [21] [22] In November 2022, Quizlet announced a new CEO, Lex Bayer, the former CEO of Starship Technologies. [23]

  5. The fabric of our nation: A brief history of women and ... - AOL

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    Made Trade compiled a brief history of women and textiles in the United States, drawing on historical museum documents, interviews, and research.

  6. Homespun movement - Wikipedia

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    A New England kitchen, engraving in A Brief History of the United States (1885) by Joel Dorman Steele. The homespun movement was started in 1767 by Quakers in Boston, Massachusetts, to encourage the purchase of goods, especially apparel, manufactured in the American Colonies. [1]

  7. Weaving - Wikipedia

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    The oldest-known weavings in North America come from the Windover Archaeological Site in Florida. Dating from 4900 to 6500 BCE and made from plant fibres, the Windover hunter-gatherers produced "finely crafted" twined and plain weave textiles. [25] [26] Eighty-seven pieces of fabric were

  8. How a humble Indian fabric became a symbol of luxury in 1960s ...

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    Madras became a staple of preppy American fashion in the 1960s after advertisers spun its tendency to bleed in the wash as a selling point.

  9. Timeline of clothing and textiles technology - Wikipedia

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    1928 – International Bureau of Standardization of Man Made Fibers founded. [24] 1939 – US passes Wool Products Labeling Act, requiring truthful labeling of wool products according to origin. [25] 1940 – Spectrophotometer invented, with impact on commercial textile dye processes. 1942 – First patent for fabric singeing awarded in US. [26]