North Carolina Historian Publishes a Historical past of North Carolina’s Furnishings Business

Raleigh, NC -based historian Eric Medlin introduced the publication of the primary historic survey of North Carolina’s furnishings business. In “Sawdust in Your Pockets,” printed by the College of Georgia Press, Medlin scans your entire historical past of furnishings manufacturing, design, and gross sales within the state from the seventeenth century to the current. 

Matters coated in Medlin’s e book:

• It begins by explaining the significance of antebellum cupboard makers reminiscent of Thomas Day and profiles the work of free and enslaved furnishings producers all through the antebellum interval.
• Exhibits how cupboard makers transitioned to the trendy mechanized business primarily based in Excessive Level. He discusses quite a lot of corporations, cities, and famed monuments such because the chest of drawers in Excessive Level and the Large Chair in Thomasville.
• Traces the furnishings business because it tailored labor-saving know-how and expanded westward all through the state.

• “Sawdust in Your Pockets” concludes by telling the story of offshoring and the way the state’s furnishings business has recovered for the reason that laborious occasions of the Nineties and 2000s.

Alongside the best way, the creator makes use of sources from corporations, staff, researchers, and neighborhood leaders to inform the story of an business that has performed a significant position within the constructing of North Carolina.

About Eric Medlin: Eric Medlin is a historical past teacher at Wake Technical Group Faculty in Raleigh, North Carolina. He graduated from the College of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2014 and obtained his MA in historical past from NC State in 2017. Medlin is a contributing author at Coastal Overview On-line and has written two books and several other articles on North Carolina historical past. He presently serves on the board of the North Carolina Literary and Historic Affiliation. “Sawdust in Your Pockets” is on the market on Amazon. For extra data or to order, CLICK HERE.