Farm to Factory - Womens Letters, 18301860

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Thomas Dublin Klappentext Letters by five 19th-century New England women! among the tens of thousands who formed the first generation of American women employed for wages outside their own homes. Zusammenfassung Between 1820 and 1860! tens of thousands of single women left rural New England to work in the factory towns of the region. In this text Dublin presents letters from six of these women in order to provide a perspective on early industrial capitalism and its effect on women.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Dublin
• Assisted by: Thomas Dublin (Editor), Thomas L. Dublin (Editor), Dublin Thomas (Editor)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.1993
• EAN: 9780231081573
• ISBN: 978-0-231-08157-3
• No. of pages: 217
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Biography: business & industry, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Business, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Labour / income economics, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Labour Economics, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Biography: business and industry, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General