Under Control. Life in a nineteenth century silk factory
Details:
- Author(s) Adams, Carol, et al
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1983
- Pages 44pp; illus
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Place Published Cambridge
Topics:
- Name Worker / employee welfare inc working conditions, compensation, etc
- Name Worker / employee & work, women alone
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Literature for senior school children. Deals with the lives and work of 19th century textile workers using the firm of Courtaulds as a case study. Sections include: 'Introduction' - Courtaulds, Halstead, silk crape industry, etc'; 'The workers at home' - housing, home life; 'The workers at the factory - processes, wages, food and drink, etc; 'The workers' social life' - education, child care, health, lodging house, etc; 'The workers' resistance' - briefly covered