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

Blewett, Mary H.

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.

University of Massachusetts Press

2000

en

Book

19th century

Fall River, Massachusetts

1558492399

521

Amherst, Massachusetts