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Last Generation

Mary H. Blewett

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Oral histories of many of the last generation of Lowell, MA, textile mill workers preceded by two introductory sections. The first presents the historic setting of economic development and subsequent decline of the textile industry in Lowell. The second is a brief explanation of the production process wherin the last generation of mill workers expended so many of their skills and so much of their energy.

Language: English

Pages: 352

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press

Release: August 01, 1990

ISBN: 0870237136

ISBN 13: 9780870237133

Last Generation

Mary H. Blewett

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Oral histories of many of the last generation of Lowell, MA, textile mill workers preceded by two introductory sections. The first presents the historic setting of economic development and subsequent decline of the textile industry in Lowell. The second is a brief explanation of the production process wherin the last generation of mill workers expended so many of their skills and so much of their energy.

Language: English

Pages: 352

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press

Release: August 01, 1990

ISBN: 0870237136

ISBN 13: 9780870237133

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