Bøger af Thomas Dublin

The anthracite region of northeastern Pennsylvania, five hundred square miles of rugged hills stretching between Tower City and Carbondale, harbored coal deposits that once heated virtually all the homes and businesses in Eastern cities. At its peak...

More than at any time since the 1920's the issues of immigration and ethnicity have become central to discussions of American society and identity. This book addresses this debate, bringing together essays written by college students, exploring their ethnic roots from the experiences of their forbears to the place of ethnicity in their lives.

The anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania once prospered. Today, very little mining or industry remains, although residents have made valiant efforts to restore the fabric of their communities. In The Face of Decline, the noted historians Thomas...

Dublin provides a broad account of women's work during the industrial transformation of America, testing the typicality of the factory experience against other forms of female employment.

In the years between 1820 and 1860, the rise of the cotton textile industry in New England altered women's working and living patterns. Thousands of single, young women left their homes to work in the mill towns and to live together in the company boardinghouses. This work details the lives of this first generation in Lowell, Massachusetts.