Aspirations and anxieties : New England workers and the mechanized factory system, 1815-1850 / David A. Zonderman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zonderman, David A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor--New England--History--19th century.

Labor.

Working class--New England--History--19th century.

Working class.

Factory system--New England--History--19th century.

Factory system.

Industrial sociology--New England--History--19th century.

Industrial sociology.

Machinery in the workplace--New England--History--19th century.

Machinery in the workplace.

Labor movement.

History.

New England.

Labor movement--New England--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

viii, 357 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.

Summary:

Aspirations and Anxieties is a working class intellectual history of early factory operatives in antebellum New England. The book focuses on the operatives' perceptions of technological and socio-economic changes in the mechanized workplace. The study uncovers a complex debate over many facets of the factory system--the machines and factory buildings, wages and hours, relations between managers and workers, and the content and character of protest. Finally, the book argues that the roots of this debate lie in the struggle to define the meaning of work itself in a period of profound social change.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-347) and index.

ISBN:

0195057473

OCLC:

23179154