Women at Work: The Transformation of Work and Community in Lowell, Massachusetts, 1826-1860

Type

Book

Authors

Thomas Dublin

ISBN 10

0231041675

ISBN 13

9780231041676

Tags

Business & Money, State & Local, Women in History, Social Sciences, Women's Studies, Business & Finance, United States, Gender Studies

Description

In this prize-winning study, Thomas Dublin explores, in carefully researched detail, the lives and experiences of the first generation of American women to face the demands of industrial capitalism. Dublin describes and traces the strong community awareness of these women from Lowell and relates it to labor protest movements of the 1830s and '40s. - from Amzon

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