From Farm to Factory,

From New England Village to the City of Lowell

Dr. Laurence Gross, Professor Economic and Social Development, University of Mass. Lowell

Village Life

Household Production

Farming

Gender Roles

Self-organization

Diverse Skills

Village Sustainability

Moral Economy, Barter

Water-powered Mills

Labor Saving

Regulated

Factory Life

Agricultural Decline

War of 1812

Waltham Experiment

British Model

New Ways of Life

Factory Production in Lowell

Harnessing the Merrimack

Work for Wages

Mutual Mistrust

Labor-Cheapening Machinery

Market Economy

Supply and Demand

End of Reciprocal Responsibilities