Thomas Louis Dublin (3 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. 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.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. 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.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 128 pages + 130 pages of 1930s period advertising. Philip S Bernstein "Religion In Russia" / Genevieve Parkhurst "German Women In Politics" / Bertrand Russell "Why Is Modern Youth Cynical?" / Owen Wister "Roosevelt And The 1912 Disaster" / Roark Bradford "Come Day. Go Day" (story) / Joseph Stagg Lawrence "The Futility Of Farm Relief" / Lee Foster Hartman "Master Builder" (story) / Katharine Fullerton Gerould "Our Substitute Live" / Myron M Stearns "Two Flights In The Fog" / Letitia Preston Randall "Rhapsody In Mauve" (story) / Brendan Lee "Fisherman's Luck" / John Langdon-Davies "Two Childhoods" / Louis L Dublin "Can We Extend The Life Span?" (U.P.). …