1960

William F. Hartford attempts to tell the story of the disappearance of the textile industry in New England from the perspective of the textile unionists, who, as Hartford claims, have been "blamed for the industry's disappearance." Hartford begins his narrative in Fall River during the 1930s and continues through to the 1960s and the era of "deindustrialization." Hartford studies these changes in industrial America while considering the societal and economic changes that were occurring, as well as the life of postwar America. Hartford notes in his introduction that while a lot of the work does come from material from thorughout New England, three main cities are the center of focus: Fall River, New Bedford, and Lawrence.