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Most Wonderful Machine: Mechanization and Social Change in Berkshire Paper Making, 1801-1885 (Princeton Legacy Library) - Hardcover
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On a visit to a Berkshire paper mill, the narrator of a Melville short story views the "wonderful" papermaking machine with awe, calling it a "miracle of inscrutable intricacy." Manifesting a similar nineteenth-century fascination with machinery, paper mill owners and workers made an industrial revolution in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, examined here by Judith McGaw.
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"A superb case study of mechanization and social change in the paper industry of Berkshire County. . . . There is a plethora of reasons why this book will be of interest to economic, technological, labor and social historians as well as to students."--Avi J. Cohen, Journal of Economic History
"Most Wonderful Machine belongs on a list with the mere handful that have offered deep insights into the American industrial revolution and especially into the social relations of mechanization. . . . An extraordinary achievement."--George H. Daniels, The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
"An especially rewarding chapter is devoted to the 'separate sphere' of women workers."--Stanley Buder, History
"Weaves together technical, business, political and cultural themes to create a fully-realized analysis of industrialization that is alert to place, product, and gender, entrepreneurship, markets and the shifting character and meanings of work. It is simply essential reading."--Labor History
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