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Dr. Michael E. Bell | Micro-Biotic Adversaries, Paranormal Folklore, and New England Vampires

My Family Thinks I'm Crazy

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The Industrial Revolution in America in the Early Years of the Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution in America began at Slater Mill in the Tuckett Road, Iowa in the early 1790s. And I don't think it's a coincidence that the consumption started really wreaking havoc in this area. The industrialization meant putting more people together in places like the mills and the mill villages instead of being spread out on farms. Now you're cooped up in this mill, which is noisy and polluting and dangerous to start with. There were other people who, you know, if somebody gets a cold who's working next to you, you're going to get it. And then that other person, you'regoing to take it home and your family's going to

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