Author: United States. Forest ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: United States. Forest ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
Most Wonderful Machine
Author: Judith A. McGawPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691656819
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
On a visit to a Berkshire paper mill, the narrator of Herman Melville's "The Tartarus of Maids" views the "wonderful" papermaking machine with awe and calls it a "miracle of inscrutable intricacy." Manifesting in their factories and towns such nineteenth-century fascination with machinery, paper mill owners and workers made an industrial revolution in Berkshrie County, Massachusetts. This book examines their experiences from the era of craft production through several generations of sustained technological change to answer two major questions: What accounts for the widespread and rapid adoption of machines in nineteenth-century America? And how did the new technology help to transform America socially and culturally? Rejecting technological determinism, Judith McGaw effectively integrates labor, business, social, and women's history with technological history to bring to life the human decisions that made mechanization possible. In compelling detail the author offers new explanations of how change in the craft era paved the way for industrialization and how paternalism worked in small-scale industry. She also provides a thoughtful discussion of the interaction between evangelical culture and the emerging industrial order, and a close analysis of how nineteenth-century gender distinctions fostered mechanization. Judith A. McGaw is Assistant Professor of History of Technology at the University of Pennsylvania. Originally published in 1987. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
American Paper Mills, 1690-1832
Author: John BidwellPublisher: UPNE
ISBN: 1584659645
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
A comprehensive account of early papermaking in America
Paper
Author: Bulletin
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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 972
Book Description
Paper Trade Journal
Author: Explorer's Guide Berkshire Hills & Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts (Third Edition)
Author: Christina TreePublisher: The Countryman Press
ISBN: 1581578687
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
This revised and updated guide provides the best lodging, dining, and activity suggestions for New England's most inviting region for lovers of the arts. Seasoned travel writers Christina Tree and William Davis tell you everything you need to know about this naturally beautiful and culturally rich region. As they lead you across the Mohawk Trail and along scenic drives, you’ll visit must-see performing arts festivals, museums, wineries, antiques shops, nature preserves, and the best places to stay and to eat, from 4-star restaurants to classic diners.
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