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100 1 $aMoran, William,$d1934-
245 14 $aThe belles of New England :$bthe women of the textile mills and the families whose wealth they wove /$cWilliam Moran.
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260 $aNew York, N.Y. :$bThomas Dunne Books/ St. Martin's Press,$c2002.
300 $ax, 292 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 267-275) and index.
505 0 $aA place in the universe: the ingenuity of Francis Cabot Lowell brings large-scale textile manufacturing to New England ; Generations of native-born Americans and immigrants find jobs in the mills -- The glory of the nation: from the rocky farmland and tranquil villages of New England, women migrate to the mill towns to take their place in the history of the American labor movement -- The lords of the loom: business leaders in Boston expand the textile industry, accumulate great wealth, and ignite a fierce debate over the morality of using Southern slaves to provide the cotton that feeds the mills -- From across the Irish Sea: Irish laborers build the mills, and Irish famine victims of the mid-nineteenth century replace the Yankee women at the looms -- Voyagers south: The ethnic character of New England is changed forever as the French Canadians of Quebec cross the border to seek opportunity in America -- Wretched refuse: Pole, Italians, Russians, Jews, and many others weary of Europe's nineteenth-century wars and poverty join the workforce in the New England mills -- Fighting for roses: immigrant women led the great 1912 textile strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and the women win -- Last bells: the shift of textile manufacturing to the South destroys the industry in New England.
520 $aThe author examines the generations of women who worked in New England textile mills including New England farm girls, Canadian and Irish immigrants, and immigrants from mainland Europe.
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