Farm to Factory
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Editor: Thomas DublinEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1993-04-15
ISBN: 023108157X
Number of pages: 217
Publisher: Columbia University Press
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Book Review: Good, but it can be boring at times
Summary: 4 Stars
Dublin's Farm to Factory contains real, unedited letters about 19th century factory girls in Massachusets and New Hampshire. The book provides great insight on the daily lives of these women, and how many were torn on becoming independent and working for themselves and staying home with their families. Lowell, Mass. becaming a largely industraial city because of these women. The book also shows how women were just one source of cheap labor at the time and how they were not always treated fairly by the mill owners, and how their lives were sometimes dictated by these people. The book is a very good historical source, as it provides quite a few letters, some from the same women (this helps the reader identify with the worker as a person and not just a historical figure), and some pictures of the town are included throughout the book. My only complaint is the lenght of the book, it can become rather tiring towards the end. My suggestion would be to read it in small doses so you can absorb everything and come out with a better understanding of it at the end.
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