Most Wonderful Machine: Mechanization And Social Change In Berkshire Paper Making, 1801-1885

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On a visit to a paper mill in Berkshire, Mass., the narrator of a Melville short story views the "wonderful" papermaking machine with awe, calling it a "miracle of inscrutable intricacy." Manifesting a similar nineteenth-century fascination with machinery, paper mill owners and workers made an industrial revolution in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, examined here by Judith McGaw. Very good hardback 1st in unclipped dust jacket. Cover shows an engraving of a paper mill, and differs from the stock photo shown.

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