Farm to Factory
by Farm to Factory: Women's Letters, 1830-1860
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Description
Between 1820 and 1860, tens of thousands of single women streamed from rural New England to find work in the burgeoning factory towns of the region. In "Farm to Factory" Thomas Dublin has selected five sets of letters in order to provide a personal view of the first generation of American women employed for wages outside their own homes. The letters he has selected provide a unique perspective on early industrial capitalism and its effects on women.
The second edition of what has become a classic work contains a new introduction, placing the women's correspondence in the context of broader economic developments in early-nineteenth-century New England, and a new set of letters written by Emeline Larcom from Lowell, Massachusetts. Like thos in the first edition, these letters will lure you back in time, offering a broadened view of women's lives in the nineteenth century.
Product Details
- Columbia University Press Brand
- May 27, 1993 Pub Date:
- 9780231081573 ISBN-13:
- 023108157X ISBN-10:
- 217.0 pages Paperback
- English Language
- 8.95 in * 0.64 in * 5.99 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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