The Lowell Boott Mills Complex and Its Housing : Material Expressions of Corporate Ideology
Item
Title
The Lowell Boott Mills Complex and Its Housing : Material Expressions of Corporate Ideology
Creator
Beaudry, Mary C.
Description
Article describing the influence of Lowell, Massachusetts' Boott Mills corporate architectures - physical, economic, occupational - on the lives of millworkers and the citizens of Lowell. Discrepancies between stated corporate commitments to the welfare of workers and the actual daily lives, living conditions, and boarding-house arrangements of mill laborers. Thoughts on "corporate paternalism." The 1835-built Boott Mills as case study in "the affective power of built environment--the total material expression of landscape and land use," including discussions of the formal economic logics behind certain divisions of labor, means of social control, and domestic provisions for workers. Brief operations, commercial, and employment history of the Boott Mills. Descriptions of millsite excavation and construction in the 19th century.
Date
1989
Language
en
Type
Journal article
Identifier
Coverage
19th Century
Lowell, Massachusetts
ISSN
0440-9213
Publication Title
Historical Archaeology
Volume
23
Number
1
Pages
19-32