Aspirations and anxieties: New England workers and the mechanized factory system, 1815-1850
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1. Verfasser: Zonderman, David A. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Oxford University Press 1992
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-347) and index
Introduction; 1. Terror and Wonder: Workers and Machines; 2. The Quest for the Middle Ground: Workers and Factory Buildings; 3. Harmony and Antagonism: Workers, Managers, and the Social Relations of Production; 4. Solidarity and Fragmentation: Workers' Social Dynamics on the Shop Floor; 5. Rules, Schools, and Prisons: Workers and Factory Regulations; 6. Paying the Price: Workers, Contracts, and Wage Labor; 7. To the Streets and the Halls: Workers, Protest, and Organizing; 8. A Time to Labor: Workers, the Workday, and the Ten-Hour Movement
This study examines the thoughts and actions of the first generation of factory workers in New England. It explores the various ways in which the labourers handled their new experiences in the factories themselves, in the surrounding towns, and during strikes and political campaigns
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 357 p.)
ISBN:0195057473
9780195057478
1429400013
9781429400015
0195363388
9780195363388
1280523794
9781280523793

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