Manchester Mills: England vs New England

We examine the culture surrounding Amoskeag Mill. The manufacturing center was largely a model of Manchester, England's mills, but soon after the first bricks were laid in the 1830's, the resources and labor practices developed very differently. We'll compare the lives of mill people in New England -- and northwest England, and look at how their differences reflect on today's manufacturing culture. Our guests include Sandra LeBeau, independent scholar, and adjunct associate professor of European and American History at Colby Sawyer College, and Russ Thibeault, president of Applied Economic Research. Thibeault grew up in Manchester, both his parents worked at the mill; his company has done studies on mill site's feasibility as a mixed use location at the end of the 20th century.