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Rockdale : the growth of an American village in the early industrial revolution /

The author 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 during the four decades before and during the Civil War.

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Main Author: Wallace, Anthony F. C., 1923-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Knopf, ©1978.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects and Genres:
1800-1900.
Cotton trade > Pennsylvania > Rockdale > History.
Industrial revolution > Pennsylvania > Rockdale.
Cotton trade > Pennsylvania > Rockdale.
Industries > Pennsylvania > Rockdale > History.
Coton > Commerce > Pennsylvanie > Rockdale.
Industrie > Pennsylvanie > Rockdale > Histoire.
Révolution industrielle > Pennsylvanie > Rockdale.
58.23 textile industry, paper industry.
Cotton trade.
Industrial revolution.
Social conditions.
Cotton industry.
Rockdale (Pa.) > Social conditions.
Rockdale (Pa.) > Religious life and customs.
Rockdale, Penns. > Conditions sociales.
Rockdale, Penns. > Vie religieuse > Histoire.
Pennsylvania > Rockdale.
Pennsylvania.
History.
Online Access:Available from ACLS Humanities
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Summary: The author 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 during the four decades before and during the Civil War.
Physical Description: xx, 553 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Awards: Bancroft Prize, 1979.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 515-533) and index.
ISBN: 0394421205
9780394421209

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