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Working People in the Post-Industrial Age, 1961-Present

Item

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Title

Working People in the Post-Industrial Age, 1961-Present

Creator

Buhle, Paul (editor)
Staub, Michael (editor)

Description

Article featuring selections of oral history interviews conducted with Rhode Island working people in the 1980s. Reflections on childhood in urban, industrial Rhode Island in the wake of industrial closures, changing demographic landscapes, and their impact on the state's collective identity. Stories of mill work in Pawtucket, the Narragansett Brewery, labor negotiations, the women's movement, and other social reform movements in Rhode Island in the 1960s and 1970s. Featured in Part Two of a Rhode Island History series entitled, "Working Lives: An Oral History of Rhode Island Labor."

Date

1987-05-00

Language

en

Type

Journal article

Identifier

Coverage

1961-1987
Rhode Island

ISSN

0035-4619

Publication Title

Rhode Island History

Volume

46

Number

2

Pages

54-72