Lowell: The Story of an Industrial City: A Guide to Lowell National Historical Park & Lowell Heritage State Park, Lowell, Massachusetts

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Year: 1992
Pages: 111
Binding Paperback

Product Code: 0788148257

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Thomas Dublin (au); Paul Marion (au). Lowell, Massachusetts, America’s first large-scale planned industrial community, was celebrated for its innovative textile technology & its unique workforce of young Yankee farm women. Its mills helped transform American life with high-volume mechanized manufacturing, the rise of the corporation, & the growth of an urban working class. This handbook is generously illustrated with historical & current color & black & white photos & illustrations. It provides an account of the changing fortunes of Lowell’s industry & its working people as well as a guide to its National Historical Park & surviving sites. Fascinating reading!

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