Women at Work

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

By: Thomas Dublin

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Paperback | 22 April 1981 | Edition Number 1

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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

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Preface to the Second Edition	p. xvii
Notes	p. xxii
Acknowledgments	p. xxv
A Note on Quotations	p. 0
Women Workers and Early Industrialization	p. 1
The Early Textile Industry and the Rise of Lowell	p. 14
The Lowell Work Force, 1836, and the Social Origins of Women Workers	p. 23
The Social Relations of Production in the Early Mills	p. 58
The Boardinghouse	p. 75
The Early Strikes: the 1830s	p. 86
The Ten Hour Movement: the 1840s	p. 108
The Transformation of Lowell, 1836-1850, and the New Mill Work Force	p. 132
Immigrants in the Mills, 1850-1860	p. 145
Housing and Families of Women Operatives	p. 165
Careers of Operatives, 1836-1860	p. 183
The Operatives' Response, 1850-1860	p. 198
Preparation of the Hamilton Company Payroll, 1836	p. 209
The Social Origins Study	p. 219
The Hamilton Company Work Force, August 1850 and June 1860	p. 224
The 1860 Millhand Sample	p. 230
Sources of Bias and Considerations of Representativeness	p. 239
Abbreviations	p. 251
Notes	p. 253
Selected Bibliography	p. 293
Index	p. 309
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Women at Work

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

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