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Author:
Greenlees, Janet, 1966- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2006070219
Title:
Female labour power : women workers' influence on business practices in the British and American cotton industries, 1780-1860 / Janet Greenlees.
Publisher:
Ashgate,
Copyright Date:
2007
Description:
xx, 244 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Women employees--Great Britain--History.
Women employees--United States--History.
Industrial organization--Great Britain--History.
Industrial organization--United States--History.
Cotton textile industry--Great Britain--History.
Cotton textile industry--United States--History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-231) and index.
Contents:
Women, work and cotton manufacturing -- Organising the factory : manufacturers' choices -- The choices for work in textile communities -- Millwork : pay, work and equity -- A time to work -- Collective action -- Gender, health and working conditions -- Conclusions : women's impact on industrial development.
Series:
Studies in labour history (Ashgate (Firm))
ISBN:
0754640507
9780754640509
OCLC:
(OCoLC)72161773
LCCN:
2006030267
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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