This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the post-Civil-War boom for Southern cities like Atlanta, GA, and Chattanooga, TN, as railway and factory jobs replace jobs on the farm.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary covers the period between 1812 and 1850, which marked the transition from an economy based on local farms and communities to a market economy, largely like what exists today.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how, after the Civil War, some southern blacks left farms for new jobs in factories, but quickly realized that working conditions were poor and the pay was worse.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces Samuel Slater, a mill worker from England, who borrowed technology that spurred the textile industry in America.
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There is virtually no area of study that cannot shed light on the textile culture of North Carolina. Literature, music, science, economics, history, sociology, religion, and art help define and explain the rich history and changing culture of North Carolina textiles. Beginning in the 1880s, the textile industry built the "new south." Today, changes in this industry are helping to create another "new south." In this interdisciplinary seminar, participants will explore not only textile history but will also think about the role and importance of textiles. What the “product” was/is, how it is made and by whom, and where it is made have implications for the rapidly changing nature of textiles in North Carolina and the South.