Most wonderful machine : mechanization and social change in Berkshire paper making, 1801-1885 /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
[1987]
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| Series: | ACLS Fellows' publications.
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| Online Access: | Publisher description Electronic access restricted; authentication may be required: |
Table of Contents:
- Part I: Before the machine ; A fine place for paper making: Berkshire County, 1799-1801 ; Zenas Crane's baggage: the paper-making tradition, 1801-1820 ; A decade of preparation: the 1820s
- Part II: The machine ; Mechanical paper makers: the evolution of paper machinery, 1799-185 ; The community of mechanizers: Berkshire paper mill owners, 1827-1857 ; Local conditions and mechanization: machines in the Berkshires, 1827-1885
- Part III: After the machine ; The mill towns transformed: technological change after mechanization, 1857-1885 ; Men of substance, order, and power: owners of mechanized paper mills, 1858-1885 ; Machines and the working class: male paper mill employees, 1827-1885 ; "Mere cogs in the wheels": Female paper workers and the 'separate spheres," 1827-1885