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Synopsis
Harwich refused to fail. Its evolution from a small lower Cape Cod fishing village to eminence as a vacation mecca has involved several distinct stages. Fully two thirds of its residents owed their livelihood to the sea as mariners or fishermen until the mid-nineteenth century, when the steam locomotive spelled disaster to the coastal shipping industry and the Civil War nearly bankrupted the town. As the population declined, discovery that the sandy, acidic soil was conducive to cranberry cultivation provided much needed financial relief. However, it was the automobile that transformed the local economy and then the village society.
Harwich provides a unique focus on how this one small coastal New England town coped with problems of national magnitude, such as industrialization and immigration. Men such as Caleb Chase, who used part of the fortune he made in Chase and Sanborn's coffee trade to finance road construction that attracted vacationers, were not always heroes to neighbors now working in the splendid hotels that accommodated these visitors.
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About the Author
Since earning her Ph.D. from Georgetown University, Joan M. Maloney has pursued her fascination with history as a professor and author of books and articles on a variety of related subjects. A Cape Cod resident for nearly four decades, she is a member of the board of directors of the Harwich Historical Society. She is an active volunteer at the society's Brooks Academy Museum, which houses an exceptionally extensive collection related to the cranberry industry.
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- PublisherArcadia Publishing
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0738505242
- ISBN 13 9780738505244
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages128
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