Where We Worked: A Celebration of America's Workers and the Nation They Built by Larkin, Jack

Where We Worked: A Celebration of America's Workers and the Nation They Built (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781599219608)

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Where We Worked: A Celebration of America's Workers and the Nation They Built by Larkin, Jack

Where We Worked: A Celebration of America's Workers and the Nation They Built

$40.00
Where We Worked: A Celebration of America's Workers and the Nation They Built by Larkin, Jack

Where We Worked: A Celebration of America's Workers and the Nation They Built

$40.00
Format: Hardcover
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A lavishly illustrated tribute to the American worker

"Where We Worked "presents a richly illustrated and beautifully evocative panorama of the experience of work and the workplace in America during the golden age of labor--from the Industrial Revolution to the monumental task of building an economic and military superpower that was able to defeat fascism and spread democracy throughout the world.Replete with 400 photos, this highly readable""book comprises powerful images of workers in their workplaces, first-person accounts of men and women at work, and an engaging historical narrative. Chapters include "Working the Land," which takes us from farming in the North to the long hard death of slavery in the South; "Workshop and Household," which covers the mechanic's world, shoemaking and printing, and the transition from shops to factories; "Wrestling with Nature," an homage to those who have toiled to draw the wealth of America's natural resources in the areas of lumber, coal, and oil; and "Power and Production," which looks at the textile, railroad, steel, and car industries, as well as office work.



Author: Jack Larkin
ISBN-10: 1599219603
ISBN-13: 9781599219608
Publisher: Lyons Press
Language: English
Published: 11/23/2010
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.30lbs
Size: 10.50h x 8.90w x 1.20d
Award: IndieFab awards - Honorable Mention

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 11/15/2010 pg. 2
Foreword 12/19/2010

By Jack Larkin
By Jack Larkin
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Jack Larkin is the former museum scholar and chief historian at Old Sturbridge Village in

Sturbridge, Massachussetts, affiliate professor of history at Clark University, and a frequent consultant and lecturer for museums and historical organizations. A Chicago native and graduate of Harvard College and Brandeis University, Larkin is author of Where We Worked, published with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and The Reshaping of Everyday Life 1790-1840, which was a Distinguished Finalist for the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for Nonfiction in 1989.

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