Women at Work - 2nd Edition by Thomas Dublin (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

In this prize-winning study, Thomas Dublin explores, in carefully researched detail, the lives and experiences of the first generation of American women to face the demands of industrial capitalism. Dublin describes and traces the strong community awareness of these women from Lowell and relates it to labor protest movements of the 1830s and '40s.

Review Quotes

Given the many vantage points from which the Lowell experience can be viewed, it is doubtful that any one study can be 'definitive, ' but Dublin has made long strides toward that goal. His lucid presentation and analysis of evidence make Women at Work a model of social history.-- "Yale Review"

Of the many books of Lowell's operatives, only Dublin's perceives the indissoluble relationship of consciousness and material reality. He has explored this history with better judgment and more sensitivity toward the common life of Lowell's female labor force than any other scholar of our day.-- "The National"

About the Author

Thomas Dublin is professor of history at the State University of New York, Binghamton. He has edited two colections, Farm to Factory, Second Edition and Immigrant Voices and authored Transforming Women's Work: New England Lives in the Ninteenth Century.