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Mill Town

Author : Kerri Arsenault
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250155959
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Mill Town written by Kerri Arsenault and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2021 Rachel Carson Environmental Book Award Winner of the 2021 Maine Literary Award for Nonfiction Finalist for the 2020 National Book Critics John Leonard Prize for Best First Book Finalist for the 2021 New England Society Book Award Finalist for the 2021 New England Independent Booksellers Association Award A New York Times Editors’ Choice and Chicago Tribune top book for 2020 “Mill Town is the book of a lifetime; a deep-drilling, quick-moving, heartbreaking story. Scathing and tender, it lifts often into poetry, but comes down hard when it must. Through it all runs the river: sluggish, ancient, dangerous, freighted with America’s sins.” —Robert Macfarlane, author of Underland Kerri Arsenault grew up in the small, rural town of Mexico, Maine, where for over 100 years the community orbited around a paper mill that provided jobs for nearly everyone in town, including three generations of her family. Kerri had a happy childhood, but years after she moved away, she realized the price she paid for that childhood. The price everyone paid. The mill, while providing the social and economic cohesion for the community, also contributed to its demise. Mill Town is a book of narrative nonfiction, investigative memoir, and cultural criticism that illuminates the rise and collapse of the working-class, the hazards of loving and leaving home, and the ambiguous nature of toxics and disease with the central question; Who or what are we willing to sacrifice for our own survival?

Mill Town

Author : Norman H. Clark
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 029580002X
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (958 download)

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Download or read book Mill Town written by Norman H. Clark and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: �The Pacific Northwest�s classic confrontation between militants demanding ambiguous change and an establishment intransigently defending the status quo occurred on Sunday, November 5, 1916. To this day no one knows who shot first, nor even how many died, but thanks to Mill Town, we have at last a charting of the forces, economic and personal, that led to the tragedy.��Murray Morgan

Homestead

Author : Margaret Frances Byington
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Homestead written by Margaret Frances Byington and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Murder in a Mill Town

Author : P B Ryan
Publisher : Hawkley Books
ISBN 13 : 9780692217528
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Murder in a Mill Town written by P B Ryan and published by Hawkley Books. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nell is one of the strongest, most honorable, and dearest heroines to grace the pages of an amateur sleuth novel.... P.B. Ryan knows how to write a tale that will grip and keep readers' interest throughout the novel." -Midwest Book Reviews Nell Sweeney, a young Irish-born governess in post-Civil War Boston, may not have much, but she does possess both a keen mind and a brave heart. As governess to the wealthy Hewitt family, she finds plenty of opportunities to use both-especially when the seamy side of society shows itself... The lowborn Fallons come to Viola Hewitt with a desperate plea for help. Their wayward daughter, Bridget, a pretty young employee of Hewitt Mills and Dye Works, hasn't been seen for days. Mrs. Fallon, unwilling to believe that Bridget would just run off without a word, fears that she's come to a bad end-possibly at the hands of her ex-con lover. Viola, confined to a wheelchair, enlists Nell to locate the missing mill girl. Working with Viola's black sheep son, Will, Nell uncovers a web of schemes and greed and dark obsession... and what she knows may just be the death of her. Originally published by Berkley Prime Crime, Murder in a Mill Town was nominated for the prestigious Mary Higgins Clark Award. 68K words. "Ryan creates characters you care about and a plot that holds your interest as you try to unmask the killer. Lively and intriguing, this is a fast-paced, wonderful read. -RT BookReviews "I love this series. After finishing the book, I had to go back and re-read scenes and I even pulled out the first book to re-read much of Nell and Will's many conversations again." -Babbling Book Reviews "The saga style of Catherine Cookson meets the 'Victorian vices' world of Anne Perry in this popular whodunit. Much thought and research has gone into making the two faces of mid-19th century Boston come to life, whether the gilded world of the Hewitts or the grubby back streets of the underworld." -MyShelf.com "Ms. Ryan excels in her ability to show her characters' complexities. Most are neither good nor bad, but living lives enmeshed with many shades of gray. Add the rich historical detail and readers have an excellent historical mystery with an intriguing heroine." -The Best Reviews "Nell is an interesting and unique character....The mystery itself is done quite well, with clues pointing to various suspects, and an unexpected resolution....I hope to see much more of Nell in future books." -The Romance Reader's Connection "1868 Boston is well portrayed in this series...an enjoyable story...There is no trace of Colonnade Row in what is now Boston's downtown shopping area, and Charlestown is but a shell of the prosperous city that existed there in the nineteenth century, but this book brings them back into existence. -Reviewing the Evidence

Life in a New England Mill Town

Author : Sally Senzell Isaacs
Publisher : Capstone Classroom
ISBN 13 : 9781403405258
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Life in a New England Mill Town written by Sally Senzell Isaacs and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2002-06-07 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An overview of life in a nineteenth-century town in which most people worked in the textile mill, including their housing, food, clothing, schools, and everyday activities.

Roots of Steel

Author : Deborah Rudacille
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 1400095891
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Roots of Steel written by Deborah Rudacille and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2011-08-23 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the American economy seeks to restructure itself, Roots of Steel is a powerful, candid, and eye-opening reminder of the people who have been left behind. When Deborah Rudacille was a child in the working-class town of Dundalk, Maryland, a worker at the local Sparrows Point steel mill made more than enough to comfortably support a family. But the decline of American manufacturing in the decades since has put tens of thousands out of work and left the people of Dundalk pondering the broken promise of the American dream. In Roots of Steel, Rudacille combines personal narrative, interviews with workers, and extensive research to capture the character and history of this once-prosperous community.

The Milltown Boys at Sixty

Author : Howard Williamson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000381862
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book The Milltown Boys at Sixty written by Howard Williamson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-05-09 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Milltown Boys at Sixty is a story like no other, giving both an insider and an outsider view of the ‘Milltown Boys’, exploring the nature of an ethnographic relationship based on research about their experiences of the criminal justice system. A group classically labelled as delinquents, drug-takers and drop-outs, the Boys were also, in many different ways, fathers, friends and family men, differentially immersed in the labour market, in very different family relationships and now very differently connected to criminal activity. Williamson has written books capturing their experiences over the fifty years of his continued association with them: about their teenage years; and twenty years later, in middle-age. This book is about them as they pass the age of 60, providing a personal account of the relationship between Williamson and the Boys, and the distinctive – perhaps even controversial – research methodology that enabled the mapping of their lives. It provides a unique and detailed insight into the ways in which the lives of the Milltown Boys that started with such shared beginnings have unfolded in so many diverse and fascinating ways. These accounts will be of interest to the lay reader curious about the way others have managed (or failed to manage) their lives, the professional who works with those living, often struggling, on the wrong side of the tracks, and the academic researching and teaching about social exclusion, substance misuse, criminal justice transitions and the life course.

Like Night & Day

Author : Daniel J. Clark
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807846179
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (461 download)

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Download or read book Like Night & Day written by Daniel J. Clark and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daniel Clark demonstrates the dramatic impact unionization made on the lives of textile workers in Henderson, North Carolina, in the decade after World War II. Focusing on the Harriet and Henderson Cotton Mills, he shows that workers valued the Textile Wo

Mill

Author : David Macaulay
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547348363
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book Mill written by David Macaulay and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1989-10-30 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This illustrated look at nineteenth-century New England architecture was named a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year. This book, from the award-winning author of The Way Things Work, takes readers of all ages on a journey through a fictional mill town called Wicksbridge. With words and pictures, David Macaulay reveals fascinating details about the planning, construction, and operation of the mills—and gives us a powerful sense of the day-to-day lives of Americans in this era. “His imaginary mills in an imaginary town in Rhode Island, and the generations of people who built and ran them, come to life.” —The New York Times

Milltown

Author : Milltown Centennial Committee
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738545172
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (451 download)

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Download or read book Milltown written by Milltown Centennial Committee and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Occupying only 1.6 square miles in central New Jersey, the town of Milltown has seen the surrounding area change from rolling farmland into a home from industry, commerce, business and suburban developments. In one hundred years, the town has shared the changes that have come to Middlesex County and yet still maintained that old-fashioned, small-town feeling. Those who have spent their lives here and those who have come to adopt Milltown as their own will find in this book snapshots which together take us on a journey through Milltown's history, from the days of Bergen's Mill and trolley cars, through the arrival and departure of the Michelin Tire Company, and all the way up to the 1960s. The human side of town's rich and diverse history is also well documented, with images of the famous “Milltown tranquilizers,” the diner, and the old swimming hole.

Milltown Mel

Author : Jerry Guthlein
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1468539388
Total Pages : 19 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (685 download)

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Download or read book Milltown Mel written by Jerry Guthlein and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-01-19 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pleasant childrens story about a baby groundhog and his very first Groundhog Day Celebration

Modern Baptists

Author : David L. Carlton
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807110591
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Modern Baptists written by David L. Carlton and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 1982-11-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ?

Lost Mill Towns of North Georgia

Author : Lisa M. Russell
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439669651
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Lost Mill Towns of North Georgia written by Lisa M. Russell and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-13 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The textile era was born of a perfect storm. When North Georgia's red clay failed farmers and prices fell during Reconstruction, opportunities arose. Beginning in the 1880s, textile industries moved south. Mill owners enticed an entire workforce to leave their farms and move their families into modern mill villages, encased communities with stores, theaters, baseball teams, bands and schools. To some workers, mill village life was idyllic. They had work, recreation, education, shopping and a home with the modern conveniences of running water and electricity. Most importantly, they got a paycheck. But after the New Deal, workers started to see the raw deal they were getting from mill owners and rebelled. Strikes and economic changes began to erode the era of mill villages, and by the 1960s, mill village life was all but gone. Author Lisa Russell brings these once-vibrant communities back to life.

Cannon Mills and Kannapolis

Author : Timothy W. Vanderburg
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 1621900274
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (219 download)

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Download or read book Cannon Mills and Kannapolis written by Timothy W. Vanderburg and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cannon Mills was once the country’s largest manufacturer of household textiles, and in many ways it exemplified the textile industry and paternalism in the postbellum South. At the same time, however, its particular brand of paternalism was much stronger and more enduring than elsewhere, and it remained in place long after most of the industry had transitioned to modern, bureaucratic management. In Cannon Mills and Kannapolis, Tim Vanderburg critically examines the rise of the Cannon Mills textile company and the North Carolina community that grew up around it. Beginning with the founding of the company and the establishment of its mill town by James W. Cannon, the author draws on a wealth of primary sources to show how, under Cannon’s paternalism, workers developed a collective identity and for generations accepted the limits this paternalism placed on their freedom. After exploring the growth and maturation of Cannon Mills against the backdrop of World War I and its aftermath, Vanderburg examines the impact of the Great Depression and World War II and then analyzes the postwar market forces that, along with federal policies and unionization, set in motion the industry’s shift from a paternalistic model to bureaucratic authority. The final section of the book traces the decline of paternalism and the eventual decline of Cannon Mills when the death of the founder’s son, Charles Cannon, led to three successive sales of the company. Pillowtex, its final owner, filed for bankruptcy and was liquidated in 2003. Vanderburg uses Cannon Mills’s intriguing history to help answer some of the larger questions involving industry and paternalism in the postbellum South. Complete with maps and historic photographs, this authoritative, highly readable account of one company and the town it created adds a captivating layer of complexity to our understanding of southern capitalism.

Jelly Roll

Author : Charles Thomas
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
ISBN 13 : 1557289824
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (572 download)

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Download or read book Jelly Roll written by Charles Thomas and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: 1986. With new pref.

A Mill Town Christmas Remembered

Author : Barbara Raschilla
Publisher : Office the Common Books
ISBN 13 : 9781951928162
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (281 download)

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Download or read book A Mill Town Christmas Remembered written by Barbara Raschilla and published by Office the Common Books. This book was released on 2020-09-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memoir of 1949 Christmas in Holyoke, Massachusetts

Minetown, Milltown, Railtown

Author : Rex A. Lucas
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195428872
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (288 download)

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Download or read book Minetown, Milltown, Railtown written by Rex A. Lucas and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The company town, source of so much of Canada's wealth, was-and is-a place with nowhere to hide. First published in 1971, Rex Lucas's Minetown, Milltown, Railtown is a groundbreaking study of what it's like to live in such communities. Today, with the oil-sands boom and rising commodity prices affecting everything from the value of the Canadian dollar to the balance of power within Confederation, single-industry towns remain as central as ever to the country's economic and social life. Minetown is a compelling portrait not just of Canada's past, but of its present and future, too. Minetown, Milltown, Railtown: Life in Canadian Communities of Single Industry is a Wynford Book-one of a series of titles representing significant milestones in Canadian literature, thought, and scholarship. New introductions place each book in a modern context and show its continuing relevance.