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

by Thomas Dublin

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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.
  • ISBN10 0231041675
  • ISBN13 9780231041676
  • Publish Date 22 April 1981
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Columbia University Press
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 312
  • Language English