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Lawrence and the 1912 Bread and Roses Strike / Dr. Robert Forrant and Susan Grabski.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Forrant, Robert, 1947- Author.
- Grabski, Susan., Author.
- Series:
- Images of America.
- Images of America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Strikes and lockouts--Textile industry--Massachusetts--Lawrence--History--Pictorial works.
- Strikes and lockouts.
- Textile Workers' Strike, Lawrence, Mass., 1912--Pictorial works.
- Textile Workers' Strike, Lawrence, Mass., 1912.
- Textile workers--Labor unions--Massachusetts--Lawrence--History--Pictorial works.
- Textile workers.
- Lawrence (Mass.)--History--20th century--Pictorial works.
- Lawrence (Mass.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations.
- Other Title:
- Lawrence and the nineteen twelve Bread and Roses Strike
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2013]
- Summary:
- Incorporated in 1847 on the banks of the Merrimack River, Lawrence, Massachusetts, was the final and most ambitious of New England’s planned textile-manufacturing cities developed by the Boston-area entrepreneurs who helped launch the American Industrial Revolution. With a dam and canal system to generate power, by 1912 Lawrence led the world in the production of worsted wool cloth. The Pacific Cotton Mills alone had sales of nearly 10 million and had mechanical equipment capable of producing 800 miles of finished textile fabrics every working day. However, industrial growth was accompanied by worsening health, housing, and working conditions for most of the city’s workers. These were the root causes that led to the long, sometimes violent struggle between people of diverse ethnic groups and languages and the city’s mill owners and overseers. The 1912 strike--known today as the Bread and Roses Strike--became a landmark moment in history.
- Contents:
- A city is born
- A place to live and work
- The 1912 strike
- Children are sent away
- Congressional hearings begin
- Victory
- In defense of Caruso, Ettor, and Giovannitti
- "God & country"
- How do we remember?
- Strike time line.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 126).
- OCLC:
- 883342516
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