Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. A Rural Place and a Rural People -- Chapter 2. Building Factories in the Country -- Chapter 3. Rise of the Rural-Industrial Workers -- Chapter 4. Prosperous, Independent...

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