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The age of homespun objects and stories in the creation of an American myth /

Publisher's description: Using objects that Americans have saved through the centuries and stories they have passed along, as well as histories teased from documents, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich chronicles the production of cloth--and of history--in early America. Under the singular and brilliant le...

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Main Author: Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher, 1938-
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2001.
Physical Description: 501 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Textile fabrics -- Social aspects -- New England -- History -- 19th century.
Textile crafts -- New England -- History -- 19th century.
Weaving -- Social aspects -- New England -- History -- 19th century.
Clothing and dress -- Social aspects -- New England -- History -- 19th century.
Material culture -- New England -- History -- 19th century.
National characteristics, American.
New England -- History -- 1775-1865.
New England -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
New England -- Economic conditions -- 19th century.
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