Class and Community: The Industrial Revolution in Lynn (Harvard Studies in Urban History)

In this twenty-fifth anniversary edition of his prize-winning book, Dawley reflects once more on labor and class issues, poverty and progress, and the contours of urban history in the city of Lynn, Massachusetts, during the rise of industrialism in the early nineteenth century. He not only revisits this urban conglomeration, but also seeks out previously unheard groups such as women and blacks. The result is a more rounded portrait of a small eastern city on the verge of becoming modern. Frontmatter (page N/A) Introduction A Microcosm of the Industrial Revolution (page 1) Chapter 1 Entrepreneurs (page 11) Chapter 2 Artisans (page 42) Chapter 3 Factories (page 73) Chapter 4 The City (page 97) Chapter 5 Workers (page 129) Chapter 6 The Poor and the Less Poor (page 149) Chapter 7 Militants (page 173) Chapter 8 Politicians (page 194) Conclusion Equal Rights and Beyond (page 220) Appendix A Tables on Population, Output, and Employment (page 243) Appendix B Research Methods (page 248) Appendix C The Ward 4 Factor (page 251) Bibliography (page 255) Notes (page 267) Index (page 297) "Dawley reflects on labor and class issues, poverty and progress, and the contours of urban history in the city of Lynn, Massachusetts, during the rise of industrialism in the early nineteenth century. He not only revisits this urban conglomeration, but also seeks out previously unheard groups such as women and blacks. The result is a more rounded portrait of a small eastern city on the verge of becoming modern."--BOOK JACKET. In this twenty-fifth anniversary edition of his Bancroft Prize-winning book, Dawley reflects once more on labor and class issues, poverty and progress, and the contours of urban history in the city of Lynn, Massachusetts, during the rise of industrialism in the early nineteenth century. The growth of shoe factories in Lynn, Massachusetts was accompanied by the emergence of a working-class. The widening gap between the poverty of the laborer and the increase in wealth of the employer led to the great shoemakers strike of 1860 Alan Dawley. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [255]-266.