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Winthrop, Maine. Anthropology toward History: Culture & Work in a 19th Century Maine Town, by Richard P. Horwitz. Industrial Revolution, Agrarian Culture vs Mills and Manufacturing. 1978 Wesleyan University 1st Edition Hardcover. New England Cultural and Business History. OP
Published by Wesleyan University Press, 1978
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This is "Anthropology toward History : Culture and Work in a 19th Century Town" by Richard P. Horowitz. The book was published by Wesleyan University Press in 1978 in hardcover format, and is now out of print (OP). Centered on Winthrop, Maine, the work focuses on the changing nature of the town's infrastructure, as it changed from a predominately rural, agrarian culture to an industrial, manufacturing economic base. ************************************ Excerpted from the dust-jacket blurb :: "Between 1820 and and 1850, Winthrop, Maine changed from a quiet hamlet of subsistence farmers to a bustling mill town. Horwitz examines the full cultural context of work in the town. Using the concepts and methods of ethnoscience, he assesses impact on humans of the Industrial Revolution in the participants' own terms, from their own perspective. His analysis of documents from Winthrop reveals the changing culture of their working lives. He begins to answer the question 'What were Americans like in the early nineteenth century?' An excellent book, it makes a substantial contribution to the studies of the early Industrial Revolution in America." ********************************** TITLE : Anthropology toward History : Culture and Work in a 19th Century Town/ AUTHOR : Richard P. Horwitz (b. 1949 - ) / IMPRINT : Wesleyan University Press / PLACE : Middletown, CT / DATE : (1978) / EDITION : First Edition (So stated) / STATUS : Out of Print - OP / DETAILS : Hardcover, published for the trade; has a pictorial, double spread title page; has 2 maps; contains extensive notes and a generous Bibliography, has an Index; [xiv] + 197 pages; 5 7/8" x 8 7/8"; reddish-orange cloth-covered boards and spine; spine ha silver gilt lettering and panel; decorated dust-jacket is printed red-orange on beige. ********************************* CONDITION -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and attractive, with the following particulars noted :: EXTERIOR : Mild abrasion and compression to the spine extremities; spine gilt is bright; boards are clean, with strong color and but mild signs of handling; text-block edges are clean (just perceptible is a bit of weathering on the top edge). / BINDING : Solid / INTERIOR : Clean and free of marking - no underlining, no writing, no marginalia, no signatures. / DUST-JACKET : A bit of surface rub on the front panel along the spine fold; a small smudge displays vaguely on the rear panel; top extremity of spine panel has nicking and appears somewhat ragged, else mostly clean and bright.
