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18%OFFAlan Dawley - Class and Community - 9780674004313 - V9780674004313
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Class and Community

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Description for Class and Community Paperback. This work looks at the city of Lynn, Massachusetts, during the rise of industrialism in the early-19th century. It studies labour and class issues, poverty and progress, as well as women and black members of the community in this portrait of an eastern city on the verge of modernity. Series: Harvard Studies in Urban History. Num Pages: 332 pages, 2 halftones, 2 line drawings, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; KCZ; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
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.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
Series
Harvard Studies in Urban History
Number of Pages
332
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674004313
SKU
V9780674004313
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About Alan Dawley
Alan Dawley was Professor of History, The College of New Jersey.

Reviews for Class and Community
At a time when global forces often seem more important than any particular place, this classic study of America's industrial revolution reminds us that the local community can sometimes provide the most revealing setting for understanding larger social processes.
Leon Fink, author of Progressive Intellectuals and the Dilemmas of Democratic Commitment Praise for the first edition: Class and Community ... Read more

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