A New Order of Things or Principles of Digital Communications Systems and Computer Networks

A New Order of Things: How the Textile Industry Transformed New England

Author: Paul E Rivard

Based on oral histories and archival documents, A New Order of Things offers a vast, accessible overview of the rise and collapse of an industry that forced New England into the modern age. Lavishly illustrated with photographs drawn from museum archives and private collections, this volume also includes new photographs of artifacts displayed at historic sites across New England. Paul E. Rivard brings to life the stories of the people who used these artifacts. He constructs vibrant narratives of textile workers like the "mill girls" of 1840s Lowell and Lawrence, Massachusetts, and the Irish and French Canadian immigrants who made up the overwhelming majority of the workforce in New England mills by the 1860s. Rivard discusses the importance of water sources to patterns of development, the mechanics of carding wool and spinning cotton, the creation of company-run towns, industrial work and family relations, and union organizing within the industry. In A New Order of Things, the history of industry and technology tells the stories of the men and women who became the first modern New Englanders.

Table of Contents:

	Foreword
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
1	Introduction: An Overview of the Textile Trade	1
2	Extend the Mills: Spinning Cotton in New England	9
3	The "Masheen": The Wool Carding Machine Comes to New England	15
4	Made in Families: Weaving at Home with New Tools	19
5	Diaper, Tow, and Crash: Manufacturing Linen in New England	27
6	Great Expectations: Cotton Mill Fever Creates Textile Towns	34
7	The Waltham Power Loom: Investing in Power Weaving	44
8	"The Best Wheel in the World": Waterpower in New England	51
9	Genius, Wealth, and Industry: Lowell Astonishes the World	59
10	Calico, Blocks, and Rollers: Printing Technology and the New Fashion	66
11	"Simply Preposterous": New England's Woolen Mills Catch Up	79
12	Jenny, Jack, and Billy: The Woolen Machinery Family	89
13	The Beginnings of Social Change: The New England Mill Workers	95
14	"Acres of Girlhood": A Workforce of Women	102
15	Rising Tide of Discontent: The Struggle for "Freedom"	110
16	"Gifted in Mind, Body and Estate": New England Builds an Immigrant Workplace	117
17	The Lawrence Experience: The Fall and Reprise of a New England Textile City	121
18	Smokestacks and Train Tracks: Steam Engines Promote Textile Manufacture	126
19	Speeders, Pickers, and Mules: New England's New Machinery	134
	Notes	145
	Selected Bibliography	149
	Index	151

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Principles of Digital Communications Systems and Computer Networks

Author: K V Prasad

Principles of Digital Communication Systems & Computer Networks is designed as a textbook for digital communication systems, data communication and computer networks, and mobile computing. Part I deals with key topics such as information theory, transmission media, coding, error correction, multiplexing, multiple access, carrier modulation, PSTN, and radio communication. Part II goes on to cover the networking concepts, the ISO/OSI protocol architecture, Ethernet LAN, X.25 protocol, and TCP/IP protocol. Finally, Part III covers mobile computing, including radio paging, cellular mobile, GPS, CTI, unified messaging, and multimedia communication. Helpful summaries, lists of supplementary information, references, and exercises at the end of each chapter make the book a comprehensive resource for anyone pursuing a career in telecommunications and data communication.

FEATURES:

• Provides comprehensive coverage of digital communications systems, data communication protocols, computer networking, mobile computing, and convergence technologies, including PSTN, RS232, Signaling System No. 7, ISDN, Frame Relay, WAP, 3G Networks, and Radio Paging
• Features a glossary of important terms, a dictionary of common acronyms, as well as references, review questions, exercises, and projects for each chapter
• "In Brief" and "Notes" sections provide handy, at-a-glance information
• Includes diagrams and other visual aids to reinforce textual descriptions and analyses

About the Author:
Dr. K.V. Prasad is currently the director of technology at Innovation Communications Systems Limited, and has been associated with the telecommunications industry for the past 16 years. He has published extensively in leading international and national journals and magazines in the areas of wireless communication, computer telephony integration, software engineering, and artificial intelligence. He also has authored and co-authored a number of programming guides.