The nineteenth century hill town :images and reality: Historical New Hampshire / William L. Taylor.

Title:

The nineteenth century hill town :images and reality: Historical New Hampshire / William L. Taylor.

Author:

Taylor, William L.

Call Number:

977.8 N5321h

Publication Information:

Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1982.

Physical Description:

p. 283 - 309.

Source:

Vol. 37, No. 4 (Winter, 1982) Historical New Hampshire.

Description:

Americans have traditionally viewed the small farming communities of 19th-century New England as comfortable, stable places in which to live. But the reality was different. Dorchester and Wentworth, New Hampshire, developed in the 1760's as farming communities. Wentworth grew more rapidly than Dorchester for a while in the first half of the 19th century, then both declined. In both cases a considerable number of families moved in and out of the towns over relatively brief time-spans. Poverty and economic failure were also common. Schools were shabby by the 1860's, suggesting a deterioration in community self-esteem. The people who settled the area may have resembled Jefferson's yeoman farmer, but that life was swept away by industrialization and urbanization.

Language:

English.

Subjects:

Farm life 18th century. New Hampshire , Farm life 19th century. New Hampshire , Home economics, rural. , Country life.

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