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- catalog abstract ""The Belles of New England is the story of one group of pioneers in the American labor movement - the thousands of women who left New England farm towns to work in the textile cities that sprang up in the region in the early nineteenth century. Their goal was to achieve personal independence, their mission social justice. At a time when women had no political influence, they battled powerful mill owners for fair pay and decent working conditions."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12571584.
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""The Belles of New England is the story of one group of pioneers in the American labor movement - the thousands of women who left New England farm towns to work in the textile cities that sprang up in the region in the early nineteenth century. Their goal was to achieve personal independence, their mission social justice. At a time when women had no political influence, they battled powerful mill owners for fair pay and decent working conditions."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "A place in the universe: the ingenuity of Francis Cabot Lowell brings large-scale textile manufacturing to New England ; Generations of native-born Americans and immigrants find jobs in the mills -- The glory of the nation: from the rocky farmland and tranquil villages of New England, women migrate to the mill towns to take their place in the history of the American labor movement -- The lords of the loom: business leaders in Boston expand the textile industry, accumulate great wealth, and ignite a fierce debate over the morality of using Southern slaves to provide the cotton that feeds the mills -- From across the Irish Sea: Irish laborers build the mills, and Irish famine victims of the mid-nineteenth century replace the Yankee women at the looms -- Voyagers south: The ethnic character of New England is changed forever as the French Canadians of Quebec cross the border to seek opportunity in America -- Wretched refuse: Pole, Italians, Russians, Jews, and many others weary of Europe's nineteenth-century wars and poverty join the workforce in the New England mills -- Fighting for roses: immigrant women led the great 1912 textile strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and the women win -- Last bells: the shift of textile manufacturing to the South destroys the industry in New England.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-275) and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 292 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0312301839".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, N.Y. : Thomas Dunne Books/ St. Martin's Press,".
- catalog spatial "New England".
- catalog subject "338.4/7677/0097409034 21".
- catalog subject "Family-owned business enterprises New England History.".
- catalog subject "HD6073.T42 U56 2002".
- catalog subject "Industrialists New England History.".
- catalog subject "Rich people New England History.".
- catalog subject "Social classes New England History.".
- catalog subject "Textile industry New England History.".
- catalog subject "Women textile workers New England History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "A place in the universe: the ingenuity of Francis Cabot Lowell brings large-scale textile manufacturing to New England ; Generations of native-born Americans and immigrants find jobs in the mills -- The glory of the nation: from the rocky farmland and tranquil villages of New England, women migrate to the mill towns to take their place in the history of the American labor movement -- The lords of the loom: business leaders in Boston expand the textile industry, accumulate great wealth, and ignite a fierce debate over the morality of using Southern slaves to provide the cotton that feeds the mills -- From across the Irish Sea: Irish laborers build the mills, and Irish famine victims of the mid-nineteenth century replace the Yankee women at the looms -- Voyagers south: The ethnic character of New England is changed forever as the French Canadians of Quebec cross the border to seek opportunity in America -- Wretched refuse: Pole, Italians, Russians, Jews, and many others weary of Europe's nineteenth-century wars and poverty join the workforce in the New England mills -- Fighting for roses: immigrant women led the great 1912 textile strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and the women win -- Last bells: the shift of textile manufacturing to the South destroys the industry in New England.".
- catalog title "The belles of New England : the women of the textile mills and the families whose wealth they wove / William Moran.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".