Samuel Slater's mill and the Industrial Revolution
By: Christopher Simonds.
Series: Turning points in American history; Silver Burdett library selection
Publisher: Silver Burdett Press; Silver Burdett Pr
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Englewood Cliffs, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: Slater, Samuel, 1768-1835 -- Juvenile literature.; Slater, Samuel, 1768-1835.; Industrialists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Textile industry -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Industrialists.; Textile industry -- United States -- History.
Description: A biography of the English mechanical genius who, in 1789,  defied laws forbidding the emigration of textile workers and established the American textile industry in Rhode Island.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 64).