cotton manufacture

Describes how cotton is grown, and how that cotton is processed, spun into thread, woven into cloth, cut and sewn to make a T-shirt.

Briefly describes how cotton is grown, the pests and diseases that threaten it, and how it is processed into various types of fabrics.

Surveys the history, growth cycle, processing, and varied uses of one of the world's most important fiber plants.

Describes the process of making blue jeans from the harvesting of cotton through the weaving of cloth and sewing the finished product.

Explains the mechanics of the cotton gin, invented in the late eighteenth century by Eli Whitney, and describes how it enabled, tragically, the vast expansion of the American slave trade.

Humorous illustrations describe the culture and traditions of Victorian England and what it would be like to be a workhouse boy in London in 1842.

Twelve-year-old Grace Forcier and her friend Arthur, taken out of school and put to work in a Vermont textile mill in 1910, are championed by their teacher who urges them to write the National Child Labor Committee, an action only Grace seems to realize will have serious repercussions.