Women at Work

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

Author: Thomas Dublin
ISBN: 0231041675

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.

Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publish Date: 1981-01

Subjects: Business & Economics / General

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