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Aspirations and anxieties : New England workers and the mechanized factory system, 1815-1850 / David A. Zonderman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zonderman, David A., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- 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--New England--History--19th century.
- Labor movement.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (368 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- 9. Means and Ends: Workers and the Value of WorkNotes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 1992.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-771152-9
- 1-280-52379-4
- 0-19-536338-8
- 1-4294-0001-3
- OCLC:
- 191924781
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