The Last Generation: Work and Life in the Textile Mills of Lowell, Massachusetts, 1910-1960

by Mary H. Blewett

Oral histories of many of the last generation of Lowell, MA, textile mill workers preceded by two introductory sections. The first presents the historic setting of economic development and subsequent decline of the textile industry in Lowell. The second is a brief explanation of the production process wherin the last generation of mill workers expended so many of their skills and so much of their energy.

352 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1990