Date of Award
1997
Call Number
HD9919.H377 F5 1997
Document Type
Open Access Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
American New England Studies
First Advisor
Donna Cassidy
Second Advisor
Ardis Cameron
Keywords
Haskell Silk Company, Silk Industry - Maine - Westbrook, Silk Industry - Social Aspects
Abstract
This thesis makes several contributions to the history of American silks. It shows that some of the most exemplary and well known U.S. silks were manufactured by Haskell despite its location at the far periphery of the major Mid Atlantic silk manufacturing region. It traces the changes in the domestic silk product over time and argues that changing consumer tastes and lifestyle exerted a major influence on what was made and sold.
Recommended Citation
Field, Jacqueline MA, "Silk and Society: Silk Manufacturers and Users 1870-1930. Based on a Study of the Haskell Silk Company, Westbrook, Maine" (1997). All Student Scholarship. 24.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/etd/24
