Women at Work. the Transformation of Work and Community in Lowell, Massachusetts, 1826–1860 / / Thomas Dublin.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Dublin, Thomas,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1979]; ©1979
• Year of Publication: 1979
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (322 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Acknowledgments --; Contents --; Tables --; Illustrations --; A Note on Quotations --; Chapter One. Women Workers and Early Industrialization --; Chapter Two. The Early Textile Industry and the Rise of Lowell --; Chapter Three. The Lowell Work Force, 1836, and the Social Origins of Women Workers --; Chapter Four. The Social Relations of Production in the Early Mills --; Chapter Five. The Boardinghouse --; Chapter Seven. The Ten Hour Movement: The 1840s --; Chapter Eight. The Transformation of Lowell, 1836-1850, and the New Mill Work Force --; Chapter Nine. Immigrants in the Mills, 1850-1860 --; Chapter Ten. Housing and Families of Women Operatives --; Chapter Eleven. Careers of Operatives, 1836-1860 --; Chapter Twelve. The Operatives' Response, 1850-1860 --; Appendix 1. Preparation of the Hamilton Company Payroll 1836 --; Appendix 2. The Social Origins Study --; Appendix 3. The Hamilton Company Work Force, August 1850 and June 1860 --; Appendix 4. The 1860 Millhand Sample --; Appendix 5. Sources of Bias and Considerations of Representativeness --; Abbreviations --; Notes --; Selected Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231899758; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/dubl94654
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Thomas Dublin.

Studies the transformation of work and community in Lowell, Massachusetts from 1826-1860. Looks at the early textile industry, the strikes, immigrants in the mills, and the housing and families of the women workers.