More than a century ago, women workers of a cotton mill in Madurai ... 1920’, published in Gender in Modern India: History, Culture, Marginality. The Madura Mill Strike: 14 April to 10 June ...

Arkwright set up the first water-powered cotton mill at Cromford, Derbyshire, in 1771. He is regarded as the founder of the Factory Age. By 1783 Arkwight was rich enough to build a huge new mill ...

The pilot project in India has impressively demonstrated its potential to be a real help for farmers in regenerating their depleted soils, increasing their incomes, and finding a future in cotton ...

cotton mill promoters promised the mill would provide work for white laborers (Smith 1960:9). Several factors induced large numbers of people to migrate to the mills. First among them was the ...

Arkwright set up the first water-powered cotton mill at Cromford, Derbyshire, in 1771. He is regarded as the founder of the Factory Age. By 1783 Arkwight was rich enough to build a huge new mill ...