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Looking for Work: Industrial Archeology in Columbia County, New York: The Emergence and Growth of Local Industry as Revealed in Surviving Sites and Structures - Hardcover
An illustrated history of this Hudson River Valley county told from the perspective of the landmarks of its economic and industrial landscape.
Using 134 sites scattered across the county’s 18 towns and the city of Hudson, the author weaves an authoritative and well-documented group of narrative histories linking the evidence of the landscape with the underlying economic and social history of each community. Each town narrative is accompanied by individual site descriptions, which can be used as an on-site guide to local history. The author contends that the economic development of a community is its storyline, which can be read, to a greater or lesser degree, in representative surviving structures. These landmarks give concrete form to the abstract concept of the historical past, linking the written record with the present landscape.
Using 134 sites scattered across the county’s 18 towns and the city of Hudson, the author weaves an authoritative and well-documented group of narrative histories linking the evidence of the landscape with the underlying economic and social history of each community. Each town narrative is accompanied by individual site descriptions, which can be used as an on-site guide to local history. The author contends that the economic development of a community is its storyline, which can be read, to a greater or lesser degree, in representative surviving structures. These landmarks give concrete form to the abstract concept of the historical past, linking the written record with the present landscape.
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An illustrated history of this Hudson River Valley county told from the perspective of the landmarks of its economic and industrial landscape.
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Peter H. Stott is an industrial historian with twenty years experience in New York and New England. He is the author of A Guide to the Industrial Archeology of Boston Proper. From 1996-2006 Mr. Stott worked with UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre in Paris, before returning to his roots in New England, where he is currently at work again with the Massachusetts Historical Commission.
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- PublisherSyracuse University Press
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0962958026
- ISBN 13 9780962958021
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages360
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Looking for Work: Industrial Archeology in Columbia County, New York: The Emergence and Growth of Local Industry as Revealed in Surviving Sites and Structures
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ISBN 10: 0962958026
ISBN 13: 9780962958021
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