Irish people, Irish linen /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wilson, Kathleen Curtis
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Athens : Ohio University Press, [2011]
Subjects:	Linen > Ireland > History. Linen > Northern Ireland > History. Ireland > Social conditions. Ireland > Economic conditions. Northern Ireland > Social conditions. Northern Ireland > Economic conditions. Irish > Migrations > History. Irish Americans > Appalachian Region, Southern > History. Linen > Appalachian Region, Southern > History. Flax > Appalachian Region, Southern > History.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Irish linen and the Irish diaspora : fabrics spanning water / Brian Lambkin
The people and the place
A long way from field to finish by hand
Domestic life and factory work grow side by side
Irish linen as cargo and coverings on land, sea, and air
A social experiment in two mill villages
Famine for the poor, lace for the rich
Linenopolis leads the industrialization of Irish linen
Smoothing out the wrinkles... or not
Bright white and crisply starched : the linen shirt
Marketing Irish linen worldwide
An enduring legacy
No end in sight.