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PublisherArcadia Publishing

ISBN-101596299258

ISBN-139781596299252

eBay Product ID (ePID)84487742

Product Key Features

Book TitleStories from Vermont's Marble Valley

Number of Pages192 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMining, Industries / General, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, United States / State & Local / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT), Industries / Fashion & Textile Industry, Economic Conditions

Publication Year2010

IllustratorYes

GenreTechnology & Engineering, Social Science, Business & Economics, History

AuthorMike Austin

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight11.2 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2010-006754

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal974.3/7

SynopsisIn the nineteenth century, Rutland was the center of a booming marble industry. By the early twentieth century, the Vermont Marble Company was considered the largest U.S. corporation in the world. Today, the region of southwestern Vermont that runs from Middlebury in the north to Dorset in the south is still called the Marble Valley, ? and visitors flock every year to tour the Vermont Marble Museum and the International Carving Studio and to picnic in the quarries. In this first comprehensive history, Mike Austin chronicles the hardships, religious lives, labor struggles and triumphs of the Marble Valley's workers and industrious settlers. Complete with excerpts from firsthand accounts and news clippings, this wide-scoping history gives an intimate portrayal of the men and women who shaped the Vermont Marble Valley and made it their home., In the nineteenth century, Rutland was the center of a booming marble industry. By the early twentieth century, the Vermont Marble Company was considered the largest U.S. corporation in the world. Today, the region of southwestern Vermont that runs from Middlebury in the north to Dorset in the south is still called the Marble Valley, "? and visitors flock every year to tour the Vermont Marble Museum and the International Carving Studio and to picnic in the quarries. In this first comprehensive history, Mike Austin chronicles the hardships, religious lives, labor struggles and triumphs of the Marble Valley's workers and industrious settlers. Complete with excerpts from firsthand accounts and news clippings, this wide-scoping history gives an intimate portrayal of the men and women who shaped the Vermont Marble Valley and made it their home."

LC Classification NumberHD9621.7.U63R883