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BL
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985861
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b740231
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| Main Entry
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Zonderman, David A.
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| Title & Author
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Aspirations and anxieties : : New England workers and the mechanized factory system, 1815-1850 /\ David A. Zonderman.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Oxford University Press,, 1992.
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1 online resource (viii, 357 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0195057473
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: 0195363388
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: 1280523794
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: 1429400013
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: 9780195057478
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: 9780195363388
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: 9781280523793
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: 9781429400015
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-347) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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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.
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Factory system-- New England-- History-- 19th century.
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Industrial sociology-- New England-- History-- 19th century.
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Labor movement-- New England-- History-- 19th century.
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Labor-- New England-- History-- 19th century.
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Machinery in the workplace-- New England-- History-- 19th century.
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Working class-- New England-- History-- 19th century.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Labor.
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Factory system.
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Industrial sociology.
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Labor movement.
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Labor.
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Machinery in the workplace.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Labor Industrial Relations.
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Working class.
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Arbeidsomstandigheden.
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Arbeidsverhoudingen.
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Fabrieken.
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Salarissen.
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New England.
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| Dewey Classification
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331.25
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| LC Classification
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HD8083.A11Z66 1992eb
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