Mary H. Blewett is a professor emerita of history at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. She is the author of Constant Turmoil: The Politics of Industrial Life in Nineteenth-Century New England and Men, Women, and Work: Class, Gender, and Protest in the New England Shoe Industry, 1780–1910.

"[A] fascinating biography."--American Historical Review"Deserves to be read by all scholars and students interested in migration and dislocation."--Journal of American Ethnic History"In a stimulating way, Blewett interweaves labor, community, technology, gender, and sexuality in a story of the textile industry in a local, regional, British, and Atlantic context. A truly significant contribution."--Dirk Hoerder, author of Cultures in Contact: World Migrations in the Second Millennium

• Preface   xiIntroduction   11. A Region of Movement and Change, 1650-1923   172. Migrations of Capital, Industry, and People, 1891-1922   513. Working, Writing, Loving, Enduring, 1923-1994   974. Transatlantic Perspectives, Strong Women, and Sexual Politics in Fiction   126Conclusion: The Inner World of Emigration and Migration   153Notes   161Hedley Smith's Published and Unpublished Works   191Index   193

Mary H. Blewett is a professor emerita of history at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. She is the author of Constant Turmoil: The Politics of Industrial Life in Nineteenth-Century New England and Men, Women, and Work: Class, Gender, and Protest in the New England Shoe Industry, 1780–1910.

"[A] fascinating biography."--American Historical Review"Deserves to be read by all scholars and students interested in migration and dislocation."--Journal of American Ethnic History"In a stimulating way, Blewett interweaves labor, community, technology, gender, and sexuality in a story of the textile industry in a local, regional, British, and Atlantic context. A truly significant contribution."--Dirk Hoerder, author of Cultures in Contact: World Migrations in the Second Millennium

• Preface   xiIntroduction   11. A Region of Movement and Change, 1650-1923   172. Migrations of Capital, Industry, and People, 1891-1922   513. Working, Writing, Loving, Enduring, 1923-1994   974. Transatlantic Perspectives, Strong Women, and Sexual Politics in Fiction   126Conclusion: The Inner World of Emigration and Migration   153Notes   161Hedley Smith's Published and Unpublished Works   191Index   193

Mary H. Blewett is a professor emerita of history at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. She is the author of Constant Turmoil: The Politics of Industrial Life in Nineteenth-Century New England and Men, Women, and Work: Class, Gender, and Protest in the New England Shoe Industry, 1780–1910.

"[A] fascinating biography."--American Historical Review"Deserves to be read by all scholars and students interested in migration and dislocation."--Journal of American Ethnic History"In a stimulating way, Blewett interweaves labor, community, technology, gender, and sexuality in a story of the textile industry in a local, regional, British, and Atlantic context. A truly significant contribution."--Dirk Hoerder, author of Cultures in Contact: World Migrations in the Second Millennium

• Preface   xiIntroduction   11. A Region of Movement and Change, 1650-1923   172. Migrations of Capital, Industry, and People, 1891-1922   513. Working, Writing, Loving, Enduring, 1923-1994   974. Transatlantic Perspectives, Strong Women, and Sexual Politics in Fiction   126Conclusion: The Inner World of Emigration and Migration   153Notes   161Hedley Smith's Published and Unpublished Works   191Index   193