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Coming Of Machines Brought Strife To Textile Industry
The article surveys two centuries of textile history highlighting the shift from handwork to mechanization. It notes early inventions like the flying shuttle and spinning jenny, the rise of mills, child labor, and the labor reform movement leading to unions, with emphasis on the NRA code and evolving working conditions.
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Ee Harrison Srvice
New York
United States
General Johnson
The
Association of Manufacturers
Social Workers
Unions
NRA
John Kay
England
Kay
Leeds
Skip
James Hargreaves
Richard Arkwright
Nottingham
Crompton
Manchester
Cartwright
James Watt
U. S
Slater
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Eli Whitney
America
Samuel Slater
Pawtucket
R. I
Alexander Hamilton
the Treasury
New England
Congress
Dover
N. H
Lowell
Mass
Washington
United Textile Workers of America
American Federation of Labor