Female labour power
Subtitle: women workers' influence on business practices in the British and American cotton industries, 1780-1860
By: Janet Greenlees.
Series: Studies in labour history
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780754640509
Subjects: Women employees -- Great Britain -- History.; Women employees -- United States -- History.; Industrial organization -- Great Britain -- History.; Industrial organization -- United States -- History.; Cotton textile industry -- Great Britain -- History.; Cotton textile industry -- United States -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: Women, work and cotton manufacturing; Organising the factory : manufacturers choices; The choices for work in textile communities; Millwork : pay, work and equity; A time to work; Collective action; Gender, health and working conditions; Womens impact on industrial development : conclusion; Bibliography; Index.