Mill Girls and Strangers Alvin LamA comparative history of single women's independent migration to the textile cities of Preston, England; Lowell, Massachusetts; and Paisley, Scotland. In the nineteenth century mill towns of Preston, England; Lowell, Massachusetts; and Paisley, Scotland, there were specific demands for migrant and female labor, and potential employers provided the necessary respectable conditions in order to attract them. Using individual accounts, this innovative and
This selection of some fifty stories represents not only a cross-section through time but also a spectrum of styles
high stress resistance and starch content
The implementation of quarantine and certification programmes on a global scale is essential to safeguard apple production and minimize the risk of spreading disease by removing virus-infected plants from the supply chain
factual and fictive
with China
It is based on practices that foster plant tolerance and the control of pests by their natural enemies
but has also been the cause of difficulty in modernising the crop
It is also the first book to look at the Good Friday Agreement since the collapse of the Executive and the historical 2003 elections
and how they navigated local
Australia and more generally
and PA for medium and small farms
social sciences and the arts
