UID:
almafu_9959242481202883
Umfang:
1 online resource (265 p.)
ISBN:
0-252-09756-4
Serie:
Working Class in American History
Inhalt:
Long considered an urban phenomenon, industrialization also transformed the American countryside. Lou Martin weaves the narrative of how the relocation of steel and pottery factories to Hancock County, West Virginia, created a rural and small-town working class - and what that meant for communities and for labor. The result is an illuminating consideration of capital mobility, the ways in which changing work experiences defined gender roles, and the erroneous but persistent myth that modernizing forces bulldozed docile local cultures.
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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A rural place and a rural people -- Building factories in the country -- Rise of the rural-industrial workers -- Prosperous, independent rural-industrial workers -- Work and identity in the factory and at home -- Movements for equality in a time of industrial restructuring -- Conclusion: Country people and capital mobility.
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-252-08102-1
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-252-03945-9
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books.
