Mill Family : The Labor System in the Southern Cotton Textile Industry, 1880-1915.
Title:
Mill Family : The Labor System in the Southern Cotton Textile Industry, 1880-1915.
Author:
McHugh, Cathy L.
ISBN:
9780195364637
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (155 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- List of Tables -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Terms of Employment -- 3. The Employment of Family Workers -- 4. Schooling in the Mill Villages -- 5. The Mill Families -- 6. Conclusions -- Epilogue -- Appendix A. Description and Preparation of the Alamance Mill Data Set -- Appendix B. Fertility Choice Model That Incorporates Child Labor Income -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Abstract:
Employing a valuable body of archival material from the Alamance mill in North Carolina, McHugh here examines the role of the family labor system in the early evolution of the postbellum Southern cotton textile industry and details the development of the mill village.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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