This text documents, through photographs and words, the changing world of manual labour in late 20th-century New England. It gives voice to the workers themselves, the women and men who have been affected most by recent social and economic transformation.
Michael Jacobson-Hardy's photographs have been exhibited widely and are included in many public and private collections, including the Smithsonian Institution, the Henry Ford Museum, the Yale University Art Gallery, and the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University. An exhibition of his labor photographs from The Changing Landscape of Labor will open at the new Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams. John T. Cumbler is associate professor of history at the University of Louisville. Robert E. Weir teaches history at Bay Path College. Bruce Laurie is professor of history at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Michael Jacobson-Hardy's photographs have been exhibited widely and are included in many public and private collections, including the Smithsonian Institution, the Henry Ford Museum, the Yale University Art Gallery, and the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University. An exhibition of his labor photographs from The Changing Landscape of Labor will open at the new Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams. John T. Cumbler is associate professor of history at the University of Louisville. Robert E. Weir teaches history at Bay Path College. Bruce Laurie is professor of history at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.