The Last Generation: Work and Life in the Textile Mills of Lowell, Massachusetts, 1910-1960

By Mary H. Blewett

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870237136
• ISBN13: 9780870237133
• Release Date: August 1990
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher