Constant Turmoil : The Politics of Industrial Life in Nineteenth-Century New England

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Constant Turmoil : The Politics of Industrial Life in Nineteenth-Century New England

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Book-length social history exploring the development of industry, industrial life, and the power of the politics surrounding them in southeastern New England - especially Fall River, Massachusetts - in the nineteenth century. Discussions of gender in the contexts of textile mill work and labor unionism; immigrant workforces, class consciousness, and inter-worker strife. Includes a critical assessment of primary sources consulted, as well as an appendix with demographic and economic data tables referred to in the text.

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Blewett, Mary H.

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University of Massachusetts Press

Date

2000

Language

en

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19th century; Fall River, Massachusetts

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Zotero

ISBN

1558492399 9781558492394

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521

Place

Amherst, Massachusetts

Publisher

University of Massachusetts Press

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Constant Turmoil... @ Google Books

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