American textile industry

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/American_textile_industry

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:industry
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:declinedAfter	automation globalization offshoring
gptkbp:employs	gptkb:engineer gptkb:fashion_designer chemists mill workers machine operators
gptkbp:historicalEvent	gptkb:Industrial_Revolution
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	gptkb:Francis_Cabot_Lowell gptkb:Samuel_Slater
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	American textile industry
gptkbp:industry	gptkb:fashion gptkb:chemical_industry agriculture apparel industry
gptkbp:majorCity	gptkb:Lowell,_Massachusetts gptkb:Charlotte,_North_Carolina gptkb:Greenville,_South_Carolina
gptkbp:market	textiles
gptkbp:material	gptkb:plastic gptkb:silk gptkb:nylon cotton linen wool rayon acrylic
gptkbp:organization	gptkb:American_Textile_History_Museum gptkb:National_Council_of_Textile_Organizations
gptkbp:populationPeak	19th century early 20th century
gptkbp:product	denim textiles cotton thread yarn synthetic textiles wool fabric
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Georgia gptkb:New_England gptkb:North_Carolina gptkb:South_Carolina
gptkbp:regulates	gptkb:Federal_Trade_Commission gptkb:U.S._Department_of_Commerce
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire gptkb:Textile_workers_strike_of_1934
gptkbp:relatedTo	textile manufacturing cotton industry wool industry synthetic fibers
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Samuel_Slater
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5