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.
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Of the many books of Lowell's operatives, only Dublin's perceives the indissoluble relationship of consciousness and material reality. He has explored this history with better judgment and more sensitivity toward the common life of Lowell's female labor force than any other scholar of our day.
(The National )Given the many vantage points from which the Lowell experience can be viewed, it is doubtful that any one study can be 'definitive,' but Dublin has made long strides toward that goal. His lucid presentation and analysis of evidence make Women at Work a model of social history.
(Yale Review )About the Author
Thomas Dublin is professor of history at the State University of New York, Binghamton. cHe has edited two colections, Farm to Factory, Second Edition and Immigrant Voices and authored Transforming Women's Work: New England Lives in the Ninteenth Century.
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Fascinating study about the lives of working women in the Lowell mills from the development of the weaving mills in the early 1820's through the 1860's. Loved the statistical analyses provided in the book. More of a reference work than a recital of daily life, although the section on boarding house life was enlightening. Highly recommended.
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While this book was extremely informative about the changing textile industry in the mid-nineteenth century, I would not recommend it to anyone looking for interesting reading. Dublin was very precise in his statistical information regarding the make-up of the industry and those involved and was clearly well informed on the topic. So overall, I would recommend it to textile fanatics, only they would find the book entertaining.
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WOMEN have always worked, but until the past century their work has been confined almost entirely to the domestic setting, and it has been for the most part unpaid labor. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mean daily pay, millhand daughters, payroll volumes, female millhands, mill work force, company register books, social origins study, persistent women, immigrant operatives, company boardinghouses, regular operatives, private tenements, mill employment, federal manuscript censuses, private boardinghouses, payroll individuals, boardinghouse system, mill agents, nominal record linkage, family labor system, overall work force, payroll entries, other mill towns, register volumes, labor reform movement Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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WOMEN have always worked, but until the past century their work has been confined almost entirely to the domestic setting, and it has been for the most part unpaid labor. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mean daily pay, millhand daughters, payroll volumes, female millhands, mill work force, company register books, social origins study, persistent women, immigrant operatives, company boardinghouses, regular operatives, private tenements, mill employment, federal manuscript censuses, private boardinghouses, payroll individuals, boardinghouse system, mill agents, nominal record linkage, family labor system, overall work force, payroll entries, other mill towns, register volumes, labor reform movement Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hamilton Company, New England, New Hampshire, Ten Hour Movement, Rhode Island, Voice of Industry, Boston Manufacturing Company, Mary Hall, New York, Appleton Company, Mary Paul, Sarah Bagley, United States, East Chelmsford, Lawrence Company, Civil War, Lowell Offering, Boston Associates, Merrimack Company, Merrimack River, Sally Rice, Harriet Robinson, Pawtucket Canal, Wealthy Page, Delia Page New!
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