Introduction: An overview of the textile trade
Extend the mills: spinning cotton in New England
The "Masheen": the wool carding machine comes to New England
Made in families: weaving at home with new tools
Diaper, tow, and crash: manufacturing linen in New England
Great expectations: cotton mill fever creates textile towns
The Waltham power loom: investing in power weaving
"The best wheel in the world": waterpower in New England
Genius, wealth, and industry: Lowell astonishes the world
Calico, blocks, and rollers: printing technology and the new fashion
"Simply preposterous": New England's woolen mills catch up
Jenny, Jack, and Billy: the woolen machinery family
The beginnings of social change: the New England mill workers
"Acres of girlhood": a workforce of women
Rising tide of discontent: the struggle for "freedom"
"Gifted in mind, body and estate": New England builds an immigrant workforce
The Lawrence experience: the fall and reprise of a New England textile city
Smokestacks and train tracks: steam engines promote textile manufacture
Speeders, pickers, and mules: New England's new machinery.
