Reinventing ‘Towel City USA’: Textiles, Tourism and the Future of the Southeastern Mill Town

Simple item page
dc.contributor.author Hodges, Nancy
dc.contributor.author Frank, Philip
dc.date 2018-10-22T12:48:11.000
dc.date.accessioned 2020-06-30T05:30:31Z
dc.date.available 2020-06-30T05:30:31Z
dc.date.issued 2013-01-01
dc.description.abstract <p>Throughout the southeastern region of the United States it is common to find towns that were built by textile companies in the late 19th century with the express purpose of manufacturing textile products. Textile companies sought rural areas within this region to build factories and then surrounded the factories with homes, schools, and stores designed to attract and keep workers (Suggs, 2002).</p>
dc.identifier archive/lib.dr.iastate.edu/itaa_proceedings/2013/presentations/289/
dc.identifier.articleid 2800
dc.identifier.contextkey 11941776
dc.identifier.s3bucket isulib-bepress-aws-west
dc.identifier.submissionpath itaa_proceedings/2013/presentations/289
dc.identifier.uri https://dr.lib.iastate.edu/handle/20.500.12876/50361
dc.relation.ispartofseries International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA) Annual Conference Proceedings
dc.source.bitstream archive/lib.dr.iastate.edu/itaa_proceedings/2013/presentations/289/2013_ITAA_TAI_003.pdf|||Fri Jan 14 23:12:23 UTC 2022
dc.subject.disciplines Fashion Business
dc.subject.keywords community
dc.subject.keywords economic development
dc.subject.keywords textile industry
dc.subject.keywords tourism
dc.title Reinventing ‘Towel City USA’: Textiles, Tourism and the Future of the Southeastern Mill Town
dc.type event
dc.type.genre event
dspace.entity.type Publication
relation.isSeriesOfPublication 5d0f3f8c-2190-47b2-bb58-b59e2d1740d5
File
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
2013_ITAA_TAI_003.pdf
Size:
65.42 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download
Collections
Conference Proceedings and Presentations