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  2. King Cotton - Wikipedia

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    The insatiable European demand for cotton was a result of the Industrial Revolution which created the machinery and factories to process raw cotton into clothing that was better and cheaper than a handmade product. European and New England purchases soared from 720,000 bales in 1830 to 2.85 million bales in 1850, to nearly 5 million in 1860.

  3. Early medieval European dress - Wikipedia

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    In Northern Europe, at the beginning of the period around 400 - 500 AD in Continental Europe and slightly later in England, women's clothing consisted at least one long-sleeved tunic fitted at the wrists and a tube-like garment, sometimes called a peplos, worn pinned at the shoulders.

  4. Cotton diplomacy - Wikipedia

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    Southern cotton, also referred to as King Cotton, dominated the global cotton supply. By the late 1850s, Southern cotton had accounted for 77 percent of the 800 million pounds of cotton consumed in Britain, 90 percent of the 192 million pounds used in France, 60 percent of the 115 million pounds spun in the German Zollverein , and as much as 92 ...

  5. King Cotton (novel) - Wikipedia

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    King Cotton is a 1947 historical novel by the British writer Thomas Armstrong. [1] It focuses on Lancashire in the 1850s and 1860s and the cotton mills that turned raw cotton imported from the American South into textiles .

  6. English medieval clothing - Wikipedia

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    Until the 9th century, the king or reigning authority wore ringed byrne which, as Planché explains, was "formed of rings sewn flat upon a leather tunic". [29] This person also carried a projecting shield and "long, broad, straight iron sword" as Planché states. [29] King Edgar of England from 959–975. A square crown was worn as was a longer ...

  7. Barbour (company) - Wikipedia

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    John Barbour, a native of Galloway, Scotland, founded J. Barbour and Sons Ltd in South Shields, England, in 1894 as an importer of oil-cloth. [3] [1] John's grandson Duncan, a keen motorcyclist, would also take the company in that direction during his tenure as Barbour became the originator of waxed cotton motorcycling suits and jackets.