The Shoemakers of Lynn, Massachusetts, 1850-1880: The Family During the Transition from Hand to Machine Labor
Author:   William H. Mulligan
Publisher:   The Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
ISBN:  

9780773455863


Pages:   180
Publication Date:   November 2006
Format:   Hardback
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The Shoemakers of Lynn, Massachusetts, 1850-1880: The Family During the Transition from Hand to Machine Labor


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This book looks closely at the lives of shoemakers in Lynn, Massachusetts, during the period when their work was mechanized and moved into factories. For many decades prior to the 1850s, Lynn had been a major center for the manufacture of shoes, all made by hand. This work explores both pre-industrial and industrial Lynn and analyzes the relationship between work and family life and how changes in work changed family life.

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Author:   William H. Mulligan
Publisher:   The Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
Imprint:   Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
ISBN:  

9780773455863


ISBN 10:   0773455868
Pages:   180
Publication Date:   November 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations; Foreword by Stanley L. Engerman; Acknowledgements; 1. The Family and Industrialization; 2. The Lynn Shoe Industry Before 1850; 3. The Family in an Artisan World - Lynn in 1850; 4. Mechanizing the Gentle Craft; 5. The Families of Lynn Shoeworkers in 1880; 6. Fathers and Sons, Mothers and Daughters: The Transmission of Skill in the Shoe Industry; 7. Concluding Observations; Bibliography; Index.

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"""... Using the shoemakers of Lynn, Massachusetts, as his case study, Dr. Mulligan has advanced our understanding of the impact of mechanization and the factory system on craft workers in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century..."" - Professor Charles K. Hyde, Wayne State University"""


... Using the shoemakers of Lynn, Massachusetts, as his case study, Dr. Mulligan has advanced our understanding of the impact of mechanization and the factory system on craft workers in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century... - Professor Charles K. Hyde, Wayne State University


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William H. Mulligan, Jr. is Professor of History at Murray State University.

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