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Category : Working class writings, American
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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The New England Offering
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Category : Working class writings, American
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Lowell Offering
Author: Benita EislerPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393316858
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Gathers letters, stories, and essays written by the female employees of the textile mills of Lowell, Massachusetts.
The New England Offering
Author: The Lowell Offering
Author: Benita EislerPublisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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A Landscape History of New England
Author: Blake A. HarrisonPublisher: Mit Press
ISBN: 9780262525275
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book takes a view of New England's landscapes that goes beyond picture postcard-ready vistas of white-steepled churches, open pastures, and tree-covered mountains. Its chapters describe, for example, the Native American presence in the Maine Woods; offer a history of agriculture told through stone walls, woodlands, and farm buildings; report on the fragile ecology of tourist-friendly Cape Cod beaches; and reveal the ethnic stereotypes informing Colonial Revivalism. Taken together, they offer a wide-ranging history of New England's diverse landscapes, stretching across two centuries. The book shows that all New England landscapes are the products of human agency as well as nature. The authors trace the roles that work, recreation, historic preservation, conservation, and environmentalism have played in shaping the region, and they highlight the diversity of historical actors who have transformed both its meaning and its physical form. Drawing on a wide range of disciplines, including history, geography, environmental studies, literature, art history, and historic preservation, the book provides fresh perspectives on New England's many landscapes: forests, mountains, farms, coasts, industrial areas, villages, towns, and cities. Illustrated, and with many archival photographs, it offers readers a solid historical foundation for understanding the great variety of places that make up New England.
The Belles of New England
Author: William MoranPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1429978252
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The Belles of New England is a masterful, definitive, and eloquent look at the enormous cultural and economic impact on America of New England's textile mills. The author, an award-winning CBS producer, traces the history of American textile manufacturing back to the ingenuity of Francis Cabot Lodge. The early mills were an experiment in benevolent enlightened social responsibility on the part of the wealthy owners, who belonged to many of Boston's finest families. But the fledgling industry's ever-increasing profits were inextricably bound to the issues of slavery, immigration, and workers' rights. William Moran brings a newsman's eye for the telling detail to this fascinating saga that is equally compelling when dealing with rags and when dealing with riches. In part a microcosm of America's social development during the period, The Belles of New England casts a new and finer light on this rich tapestry of vast wealth, greed, discrimination, and courage.
The New England Offering
Author: Good Newes from New England
Author: Edward WinslowPublisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 1557094438
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 101
Book Description
One of America's earliest books and one of the most important early Pilgrim tracts to come from American colonies. This book helped persuade others to come join those who already came to Plymouth.
The New England Offering, 1850
Author: Harriet FarleyPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781527654433
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Excerpt from The New England Offering, 1850: A Magazine of Industry Average wages of females, clear of board, per week, Average wages of males, clear of board, per day, Medium produce of a loom, No. 14 yarn, yards per day, 45. Medium produce of a loom, No. 30 yarn, yards per day, 33. Average per spindle, yards per day, 1 1-8. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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