Women at work : the transformation of work and community in Lowell, Massachusetts, 1826-1860 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Dublin, Thomas, 1946-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Imprint:	New York : Columbia University Press, 1979.
Subjects:	Women > Employment > Massachusetts > Lowell > History. Textile workers > Massachusetts > Lowell > History. Cotton manufacture > Massachusetts > Lowell > History. Labor movement > Massachusetts > Lowell > History. Labor movement. History. Cotton manufacture. Textile workers. Women > Employment. Women. Womyn. Lowell (Mass.) > Social conditions. Massachusetts > Lowell.

Table of Contents:

Tables
Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Women Workers and Early Industrialization
Chapter 2. The Early Textile Idustry and the Rise of Lowell
Chapter 3. The Lowell Work Force, 1836, and the Social Origins of Women Workers
Chapter 4. The Social Relations of Production in the Early Mills
Chapter 5. The Boardinghouse
Chapter 6. The Early Strikes: The 1830s
Chapter 7. The Ten Hour Movement: The 1840s
Chapter 8. The Transformation of Lowell, 1836-1850, and the New NMill Work Force
Chapter 9. Immigrants in the Mills, 1850-1860
Chapter 10. Housing and Families of Women Operatives
Chapter 11. Careers of Operatives, 1836-1860
Chapter 12. The Operatives' Response, 1850-1860
Appendixes
1. Preparation of the Hamilton Company Payroll, 1836
2. The Social Origins Study
3. The Hamilton Company Work Force, August 1850 and June 1860
4. The 1860 Millhand Sample
5. Sources of Bias and Considerations of Representativeness

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