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Cotton manufacture Great Britain History 19th century Juvenile literature Immigrants United States Imperialism United States History Industries United States History Labor union members United States 20th century Fiction Labor United States History United States Economic conditions Vietnam Civilization Juvenile literature Vietnam Juvenile literature Working mothers FictionCash, Wiley
Summary: Ella May Wiggins, a young mother desperately trying to hold her family together with the paltry nine dollars a week she earns from the textile mill two miles away, makes up her mind to join the labor union--a decision that will have lasting consequences for her children, her friends, her town, and all that she loves. Intertwining myriad voice, Cash brings to life the heartbreak and bravery of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction CashBeckert, Sven.
Summary: "The epic story of the rise and fall of the empire of cotton, its centrality in the world economy, and its making and remaking of global capitalism. Sven Beckert's rich, fascinating book tells the story of how, in a remarkably brief period, European entrepreneurs and powerful statesmen recast the world's most significant manufacturing industry combining imperial expansion and slave labor with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338 BECPaterson, Katherine.
Summary: Jake and Rosa, two children, form an unlikely friendship as they try to survive and understand the 1912 Bread and Roses strike of mill workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 2006
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT FICTION PatersonDuncan, Pamela
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PATSummary: Program 3 of an anthology of films from American film archives. In addition to rare silent-era features, includes cartoons and animation, documentaries and newsreels, earliest American movies, pioneering sound and color experiments, serial episodes, trailers for lost films, advertisements, avant-garde shorts, ethnographic footage, films of ethnic communities, and os.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MORAlcott, Kate.
Summary: Moving to the mill city of Lowell in 1832 to escape farm life, young Alice is disillusioned by the local factory's harsh working conditions and struggles to advocate on their behalf while recklessly falling in love with the mill owner's son, a situation that is complicated by a murder and sensational trial.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALCMalam, John
Summary: Describes the many dangerous jobs performed by children who worked in the cotton mills of industrial England in the nineteenth century, work that included long hours, low pay, and no provision for school work.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Franklin Watts 2008
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Summary: "Readers will learn about Vietnam's incredible celebration of Tet, the lives of its textile workers, and its communist government. Book includes a table of contents, activity sections, sidebars, a glossary, and references to learn more"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Place Co GottschallSummary: The British had it the easiest of all. As long ago as the settlement in Jamestown, they came not to escape poverty but to find prosperity. As a group, they found it the easiest to reap the material rewards of an expanding America.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007