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Carlson, Laurie

Queen of Inventions: How the Sewing Machine Changed the World

32 pp. | Lerner/Millbrook | January, 2003 | Library ISBN 0-7613-2706-1 $$22.90
(4) 4-6 The advent of the sewing machine, like other inventions of its time, meant transformation of work and life for nineteenth-century Americans. Carlson's account, centered on Isaac Singer's success as a designer and marketer, is relentlessly positive about this transformation, missing opportunities to investigate the complexities of industrialization. Historical photographs and illustrations are excellent. Further reading, websites. Bib.
Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford

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