'It knocked this city to its knees': The closure of Pillowtex Mills in Kannapolis, North Carolina and the decline of the US textile industry

Labor History

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 287-311

  Minchin, Timothy J ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 70350126198     PISSN: 0023656X     EISSN: 14699702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00236560903020906     Document Type: Article

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