Early American Children¿s Clothing and Textiles av Carey Blackerby Hanson

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<P><EM>Early American Children¿s Clothing and Textiles: Clothing a Child 1600¿1800</EM> explores the life experiences of Indigenous, Anglo-European, African, and mixed-race children in colonial America, their connections to textile production, the process of textile production, the textiles created, and the clothing they wore.</P><P>The book examines the communities and social structure of early America, the progression of the colonial textile industry, and the politics surrounding textile production beginning in the 1600''s, with particular focus on the tasks children were given in the development of the American textile industry. The book discusses the concept of childhood in society during this time, together with documented stories of individual children. The discussion of early American childhood and textile production is followed by extant clothing samples for both boys and girls, ranging from Upper-class children''s wear to children''s wear of those with more humble means.