Rockdale - The Growth of an American Village in the Early Industrial Revolution (Paperback)

A celebrated triumph of historiography, "Rockdale" tells the story of the Industrial Revolution as it was experienced by the men, women, and children of the cotton-manufacturing town of Rockdale, Pennsylvania. The lives of workers, managers, inventors, owners, and entrepreneurs are brilliantly illuminated by Anthony F. C. Wallace, who also describes the complex technology that governed all of Rockdale's townspeople. Wallace examines the new relationships between employer and employee as work and workers moved out of the fields into the closed-in world of the spinning mule, the power loom, and the mill office. He brings to light the impassioned battle for the soul of the mill worker, a struggle between the exponents of the Enlightenment and Utopian Socialism, on the one hand, and, on the other, the ultimately triumphant champions of evangelical Christianity.

General

Imprint:	University of Nebraska Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2005
First published:	June 2005
Authors:	Anthony F. C Wallace
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	554
ISBN-13:	978-0-8032-9853-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Local history Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Local history Promotions
LSN:	0-8032-9853-6
Barcode:	9780803298538

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