| Farm to Factory: Women's Letters, 1830-1860 Contributor(s): Dublin, Thomas (Editor) |
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ISBN: 023108157X ISBN-13: 9780231081573 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1993 Annotation: This volume contains a chronological table of Chinese history beginning with 2852 B.C. up to A.D. 1849. In addition to presenting the major schools of classical philosophy, this volume discusses yin-yang theories of cosmology and geomancy and the rationale of monarchy and dynastic rule. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Careers - General - Travel | Asia - China - Social Science | Sociology - Rural |
| Dewey: 915.1 |
| LCCN: 80-28084 |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.99" W x 8.95" (0.70 lbs) 217 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |