<p>This fascinating and moving book brings to life the industrial and immigrant experience which gave birth to Manchester in the nineteenth century and continued to shape the city's destiny well into the twentieth century. More than a hundred years ago, thousands of immigrants from Europe and Canada were drawn to the mills of Manchester by the promise of a better life. In stirring photographs and text, Manchester: The Mill and the Immigrant Experience examines the aspirations, the struggles, and the everyday adventures of Manchester's immigrant families. Reaffirming the power of photography to move and inform us, Manchester: The Mills and the Immigrant Experience creates a vivid picture of life during nearly a century of rapid industrial change. We join the bustle of Elm and Hanover Streets in the 1880s, witness children working at the mighty Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, enter a Greek coffeehouse in the early 1900s, get caught up in the bitter labor strikes of the 1920s, and meet unusual local figures such as the Hermit of Mosquito Pond.</p>

Manchester Mills: The Mills and Immigrant Experience (NH) (Images of America)

Arts & Photography

Samson, Gary

Photography & Video

Arcadia Publishing

A World Within a World: Manchester, the Mills and the Immigrant Experience

History

Americas

Arcadia Pub

<p>The Merrimack Valley Region served as the birthplace of the industrial revolution in New Hampshire. After visiting the great manufacturing city of Manchester, England, local entrepreneur Samuel Blodget envisioned the banks of the Merrimack River as the site of an American manufacturing center powered by water that fell fifty feet through "hideous rapids" at Amoskeag Falls. In 1807, thirteen years after construction began on Blodget's locks and canal, his vision began to be realized through the harnessing of the hydro power potential of the falls...This photographic study reveals the history of the major industries that shaped the region and attracted diverse ethnic groups as well as local laborers whose hard work resulted in international acclaim for the quality of the products they produced. Hardcover with dust jacket, profusely illustrated.</p>

The Merrimack Valley New Hampshire: A Visual History

First New Hampshire Banks

This fascinating and moving book brings to life the industrial and immigrant experience which gave birth to Manchester in the nineteenth century and continued to shape the city's destiny well into the twentieth century. More than a hundred years ago, thousands of immigrants from Europe and Canada were drawn to the mills of Manchester by the promise of a better life. In stirring photographs and text, Manchester: The Mill and the Immigrant Experience examines the aspirations, the struggles, and the everyday adventures of Manchester's immigrant families. Reaffirming the power of photography to move and inform us, Manchester: The Mills and the Immigrant Experience creates a vivid picture of life during nearly a century of rapid industrial change. We join the bustle of Elm and Hanover Streets in the 1880s, witness children working at the mighty Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, enter a Greek coffeehouse in the early 1900s, get caught up in the bitter labor strikes of the 1920s, and meet unusual local figures such as the Hermit of Mosquito Pond.

Manchester: The Mills and the Immigrant Experience

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