The Weaver's Craft: Cloth, Commerce, and Industry in Early Pennsylvania (Early American Studies)

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Summary: Will prove of immense interest for scholars
Review: The Weaver's Craft: Cloth, Commerce, And Industry In Early Pennsylvania is a thoughtful and scholarly study by academician, historian, and museum curator Adrienne D. Hood, of the development of cloth manufacture in Pennsylvania from the seventeenth century to the dawn of the industrial age. Combining primary sources and a quantitative approach, The Weaver's Craft focuses especially on the textile markets that became so wide-ranging they were virtually a precursor to the modern globalized age. Recommended for both academic and community library collections, The Weaver's Craft will prove of immense interest for scholars, crafts workers, and non-specialist general readers alike.