Life in the iron mills
By: Rebecca Harding Davis ; edited by Cecelia Tichi.
Contributors: Tichi, Cecelia, 1942-
Series: Bedford cultural editions
Publisher: Bedford Books
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 435
Subjects: Women iron and steel workers -- Fiction.; Women iron and steel workers -- United States -- Sources.
Description: This definitive edition reprints the text of Rebecca Harding Davis's Life in the Iron-Mills together with a broad selection of historical and cultural documents that open up the novella to the consideration of a range social and cultural issues vital to Davis's nineteenth century. Special attention is given to nineteenth-century American discussions of work and social class, moral and social reform, the development of American art and industry, and the position of the woman writer.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 428-435).
Includes works or excerpts from works contemporary with the main text.