Central Georgia Textile Mills

Author : Billie Coleman
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467124257
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Central Georgia Textile Mills written by Billie Coleman and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Macon to Hawkinsville, the history of Georgia's once thriving textile mills is documented in this visual history. Cotton was once king throughout Georgia. Reconstruction investors and railroad tycoons saw this potential to open textile mills in the South instead of sending cotton up North. Towns across Central Georgia became a prime spot to locate textile mills because of the access to cotton from local farms, cheap labor, and nearby rivers to power the mills. Textile mills were operated in cities and towns across Central Georgia such as Macon, Columbus, Augusta, Tifton, Forsyth, Porterdale, and Hawkinsville, among others. The textile mills provided employment and sometimes a home in their villages to people across Georgia as the agrarian lifestyle gave way to industrial expansion. In these mills, photographer Lewis Hine captured iconic images of child labor. After the decline of production and closing of the mills, many have been revived into new usages that honor the legacy of the mill workers and their families who lived in the villages of the textile mills across Central Georgia.

Author : Cotton Manufacturers Association of Georgia
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report of the ... Annual Meeting of the Cotton Manufacturers Association of Georgia written by Cotton Manufacturers Association of Georgia and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael A. Wagner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Canton Cotton Mills written by Michael A. Wagner and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pictorial history of the Canton Cotton Mills of Canton, Georgia, incorporated in 1899. The name of the company changed to Canton Textile Mills in the late 1960s. The company went bankrupt in 1981 and the mills closed.

Author : Marjorie Adella Potwin
Publisher : New York : Columbia University Press ; London : P.S. King & son, Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cotton Mill People of the Piedmont written by Marjorie Adella Potwin and published by New York : Columbia University Press ; London : P.S. King & son, Limited. This book was released on 1927 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents recorded observations of mill villages confined mostly to the central Piedmont region, extending from Danville, Virginia to Gainesville, Georgia with more intensive observation made of the cotton-mille people in and near Spartanburg, South Carolina. Specifically addresses population elements, social institutions and organizations, aspects of social legislation, and occupational conditions of the cotton-mill people.

Author : Lisa M. Russell
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439669651
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lost Mill Towns of North Georgia written by Lisa M. Russell and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-13 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The textile era was born of a perfect storm. When North Georgia's red clay failed farmers and prices fell during Reconstruction, opportunities arose. Beginning in the 1880s, textile industries moved south. Mill owners enticed an entire workforce to leave their farms and move their families into modern mill villages, encased communities with stores, theaters, baseball teams, bands and schools. To some workers, mill village life was idyllic. They had work, recreation, education, shopping and a home with the modern conveniences of running water and electricity. Most importantly, they got a paycheck. But after the New Deal, workers started to see the raw deal they were getting from mill owners and rebelled. Strikes and economic changes began to erode the era of mill villages, and by the 1960s, mill village life was all but gone. Author Lisa Russell brings these once-vibrant communities back to life.

Author : University of Georgia Press
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780820317984
Total Pages : 828 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Georgia Guide written by University of Georgia Press and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Georgia Humanities Council presents a guidebook with cultural, historical, and regional coverage of Georgia

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1302 pages
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Download or read book Manufacturers' Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 1302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 618 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Industrial Development and Manufacturers' Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 810 pages
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Download or read book Textile World Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 1152 pages
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Download or read book Textile World and Industrial Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 1152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: