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"A Good Place to Work." Industrial Workers and Occupational Choice

The Case of Berkshire Women

Bibliographic Data

ID10128899
AuthorsJudith A Mcgaw (corresponding author)
Year1979
Volume10
Issue2
Pages227-227
Publication date1979-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Interdisciplinary History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-1953 • E-ISSN: 1530-9169
PublisherThe MIT Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/203335
OpenAlexW2333737562
LanguageEN
Citations received3

Industrial Workers and Occupational Choice: The Case of Berkshire Women In I848 Mrs. Amy Fuller of Sheffield, Massachusetts, wrote to the owners of a paper mill in Dalton, a town about thirty miles distant, We have been informed that you are in want of help in your mill and I have heard it was a good place to work. This simple event poses a complex question for students of nineteenth-century American work and workers. Given the somber hues in which historians

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Unique citing works3
Citations per year0,07
Citation span1982 - 2007 (26)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 3

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