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Most wonderful machine: mechanization and social change in Berkshire paper making, 1801-1885

McGaw, Judith A., 1946- c1987 © Princeton University Press
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  • ACLS Fellows’ Publications
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  • 0691047405
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  • Science & Technology
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Table of Contents

Frontmatter

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List of Illustrations (page ix)

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List of Tables (page xi)

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Acknowledgments (page xiii)

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Abbreviations (page xvii)

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Introduction (page 3)

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PART I: BEFORE THE MACHINE

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CHAPTER 1. A Fine Place for Paper Making: Berkshire County, 1799-1801 (page 15)

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CHAPTER 2. Zenas Crane's Baggage: The Paper-Making Tradition, 1801-1820 (page 38)

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CHAPTER 3. A Decade of Preparation: The 1820s (page 59)

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PART II: THE MACHINE

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CHAPTER 4. Mechanical Paper Makers: The Evolution of Paper Machinery, 1799-1885 (page 93)

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CHAPTER 5. The Community of Mechanizers: Berkshire Paper Mill Owners, 1827-1857 (page 117)

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CHAPTER 6. Local Conditions and Mechanization: Machines in the Berkshires, 1827-1885 (page 158)

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PART III: AFTER THE MACHINE

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CHAPTER 7. The Mill Towns Transformed: Technological Change After Mechanization, 1857-1885 (page 189)

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CHAPTER 8. Men of Substance, Order, and Power: Owners of Mechanized Paper Mills, 1858-1885 (page 234)

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CHAPTER 9. Machines and the Working Classes: Male Paper Mill Employees, 1827-1885 (page 280)

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CHAPTER 10. "Mere Cogs to the Wheels": Female Paper Workers and the "Separate Sphere," 1827-1885 (page 335)

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Epilogue and Conclusion (page 375)

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Appendix A: Chronology of Berkshire County Paper Mills and Mill Ownership, 1801-1885 (page 383)

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Appendix B: Mill Owners, Success, and Failure: Further Data (page 401)

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Appendix C: Mills, Machines, Output, and Capital: Local Data (page 407)

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Bibliography (page 413)

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Index (page 427)

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Reviews

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Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
AHR 94.4 (Oct. 1989): 1171-172 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28198910%2994%3A4%3C1171%3AMWMMAS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-L
JAH 75.2 (Sep. 1988): 604-605 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28198910%2994%3A4%3C1171%3AMWMMAS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-L
RAH 16.1 (Mar. 1988): 15-18 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0048-7511%28198803%2916%3A1%3C15%3ABC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-5
JEH 47.4 (Dec. 1987): 1044-1046 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-0507%28198712%2947%3A4%3C1044%3AMWMMAS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-N
ISIS 79.2 (Jun. 1988): 299-301 http://www.jstor.org/stable/233630
BHR 62.2 (Summer 1988): 324-325 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3116008
JER 7.4 (Winter 1987): 417-418 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3123736
AAAPSS 505 (Sep. 1989): 192-193 http://www.jstor.org/stable/1047313
SSS 21.1 (Feb. 1991): 191 http://www.jstor.org/stable/285335
JSocH 22.2 (Winter 1988): 368-369 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3788231

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