The Hatters, their communities, the people : Adamstown, Pennsylvania book no. 2; a history of Adamstown, the wool-felt hat industry in Adamstown, and a brief history of the history of hatting
The Hatters, their communities, the people : Mohnton, Shillington, Reading, Pennsylvania and various towns and cities in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, book no. 3
The Hatters, their communities, the people : Denver Pennsylvania book no. 1; a history of Denver, the wool-felt hat industry in Denver, and the process for making a hat
"Thomas R. Winpenny examines the formative years of the factory system in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and the impact of industrialization on the community.The study focuses on the establishment of the Conestoga Steam Mills in the late 1840's and the following three decades. Professor Winpenny maintains that this industrial revolution brought progress and economic benefits without social upheaval and labor strife...Lancaster was able to absorb the factory system without discord because of local circumstances such as the wealth of the countryside, the stability of the long-established town, and the ready supply of resident workers. In a narrower variation of Thomas C. Cochran's geo-cultural concept, Winpenny argues that the character of the industrialization experience is molded by local conditions and that problems often associated with industrial progress are rooted in the environment in which industrialization occurs." [from a review of the book by Robert M. Blackson, Kutztown State College]
