| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 357 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-347) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Labor -- New England -- History -- 19th century.
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Labor. |
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New England. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Working class -- New England -- History -- 19th century.
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Working class. |
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Factory system -- New England -- History -- 19th century.
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Factory system. |
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Industrial sociology -- New England -- History -- 19th century.
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Industrial sociology. |
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Machinery in the workplace -- New England -- History -- 19th century.
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Machinery in the workplace. |
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Labor movement -- New England -- History -- 19th century.
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Labor movement. |
| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
| Indexed Term |
Industries Personnel Working conditions History |
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United States |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Zonderman, David A. Aspirations and anxieties. New York : Oxford University Press, 1992 (DLC) 91008192 |
| ISBN |
0195057473 |
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9780195057478 |
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1429400013 (electronic book) |
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9781429400015 (electronic book) |
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0195363388 |
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9780195363388 |
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1280523794 |
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9781280523793 |
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