Copyright © 1990 by The University of Massachusetts Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America LC 89-77124 ISBN 0-87023-712-8 (cloth); 713-6 (pbk) Designed by Jack Harrison Set in Linotype Walbaum by Keystone Typesetting, Inc. Printed and bound by Thomson-Shore, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Last generation : work and life in the textile mills of Lowell, Massachusetts, 1910-1960 / [edited by] Mary H. Blewett. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-87023-712-8 (alk paper) — ISBN 0-87023-713-6 (pbk.: alk paper). 1. Textile workers—Massachusetts—Lowell—History—20th century—Sources. 2. Textile workers—Massachusetts—Lowell—Interviews. I. Blewett, Mary H. HD8039.T42U6525 1990 331.7″677″0097444—dc20 89-77124 CIP British Library Cataloguing in Publication data are available Frontispiece: Doffing boy. Courtesy of MATH ( Museum of American Textile History) -iv- |