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Complemented by more than 150 illustrations, an incisive portrait of early industrialization in America chronicles the production of cloth and its influence on the cultural, economic, social, and political world of early America. By the author of the Bancroft Prize-winning A Midwife's Tale. 17,500 first printing.
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"Eloquent, imaginative. . . . The creativity and vigor that made A Midwife's Tale an instant classic are also present [here]."--Newsday
"With The Age of Homespun, [Ulrich] has truly outdone herself."--The New York Times Book Review
About the Author
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich is Phillips Professor of Early American History at Harvard University. Formerly a professor of American history at the University of New Hampshire, she is the author of Good Wives (1982) and numerous articles and essays on early American history. She won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1991 for A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard Based on Her Diary, 1785--1812. Born and raised in the Rocky Mountain West, she has lived in New England since 1960. During her tenure as a MacArthur Fellow, she assisted in the production of a PBS documentary based on A Midwife’s Tale. Her work is also featured on an award-winning Web site called dohistory.org. She and her husband, Gael Ulrich, are the parents of five grown children.
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- PublisherAlfred a Knopf Inc
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0679445943
- ISBN 13 9780679445944
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages501
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