The Position of Workers in a Textile Community : Fall River in the Early 1880s

The Position of Workers in a Textile Community : Fall River in the Early 1880s

Textile workers in post-Civil-War-era Fall River, Massachusetts. The rapid economic and demographic growth of a city that would become New England's largest center for manufacturing. Immigrant worker diversity and some realities of their Fall River labor and living conditions. Industrial development's impact on the worker. Fall River's national reputation as being a "turbulent" environment for laborers, and a history of the business procedures and philosophies that point to this (238). Commentary on the 1881 study of the Massachusetts Bureau of Labor Statistics with specific consideration for the lives of laborers in Fall River.

Silvia, Philip T., Jr.

1975 spring

en

Journal Article

1755402, 49560241

1880s; Fall River, Massachusetts

1469-9702 (online), 0023-656X (print)

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230-248

Labor History

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