Report on Strike of Textile Workers in Lawrence, Mass;, In 1912 (Classic Reprint)
Report on Strike of Textile Workers in Lawrence, Mass;, In 1912 (Classic Reprint)

Author: United States Bureau Of Labor

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-19

Total Pages: 514

ISBN-13: 9780656918980

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Excerpt from Report on Strike of Textile Workers in Lawrence, Mass;, In 1912 The textile strike in Lawrence and the conditions which followed were not primarily due to any condition peculiar to Lawrence. The general conditions of the industry in Lawrence are more or less typical of the textile industry in all of the large distinctly textile towns, and the strike in Lawrence and the conditions attending it might just as easily have occurred in any other of these towns. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Report on Strike of Textile Workers in Lawrence, Mass. , In 1912
Report on Strike of Textile Workers in Lawrence, Mass. , In 1912

Author: United States Bureau Of Labor

Publisher: Hardpress Publishing

Published: 2013-01

Total Pages: 522

ISBN-13: 9781313883900

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The Lawrence Strike of 1912 (Classic Reprint)
The Lawrence Strike of 1912 (Classic Reprint)

Author: John Bruce McPherson

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-12

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9780332675831

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Excerpt from The Lawrence Strike of 1912 Prior to 1895 the population of Lawrence, originally almost exclusively native born or Irish, was largely increased by immigration from England, Germany, and French Canada. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Lawrence and the 1912 Bread and Roses Strike
Lawrence and the 1912 Bread and Roses Strike

Author: Robert Forrant

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2013-08-26

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1439643849

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Incorporated in 1847 on the banks of the Merrimack River, Lawrence, Massachusetts, was the final and most ambitious of New Englands planned textile-manufacturing cities developed by the Boston-area entrepreneurs who helped launch the American Industrial Revolution. With a dam and canal system to generate power, by 1912 Lawrence led the world in the production of worsted wool cloth. The Pacific Cotton Mills alone had sales of nearly $10 million and had mechanical equipment capable of producing 800 miles of finished textile fabrics every working day. However, industrial growth was accompanied by worsening health, housing, and working conditions for most of the citys workers. These were the root causes that led to the long, sometimes violent struggle between people of diverse ethnic groups and languages and the citys mill owners and overseers. The 1912 strikeknown today as the Bread and Roses Strikebecame a landmark moment in history.

Bread and Roses
Bread and Roses

Author: Bruce Watson

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2006-07-25

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 144064926X

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On January 12, 1912, an army of textile workers stormed out of the mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts, commencing what has since become known as the "Bread and Roses" strike. Based on newspaper accounts, magazine reportage, and oral histories, Watson reconstructs a Dickensian drama involving thousands of parading strikers from fifty-one nations, unforgettable acts of cruelty, and even a protracted murder trial that tested the boundaries of free speech. A rousing look at a seminal and overlooked chapter of the past, Bread and Roses is indispensable reading.