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The belles of New England
the women of the textile mills and the families whose wealth they wove
By Moran, William L.
- ISBN
- 978-0-31230-183-5
- Publisher
- New York : Thomas Dunne Books/ St. Martin's Press, 2002.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on August 12, 2002
This is a history of the textile mills of New England, the women who worked them, the owners who ran them, and the environment both physical and social in which they operated. A popular history written in a folksy style, it leaves out the analysis a scholarly treatment would provide but offers citations and a bibliography to give it authenticity. Moran tells the stories of many of the largest mills (in Lowell, Lawrence, and Waltham, MA), from their founding by Bost...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
