Title
Labor In Massachusetts
Consisting of three parts, this book contains eleven essays by various authors on the aspects of labor history in Massachusetts spanning from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries. These essays are by the following various authors: Lisa B. Lubow, Marjorie Ruzich Abel, Timothy C. Coogan, Clarisse A. Poirier, Kenneth Fones-Wolf, Robert E. Weir, Mary H. Blewett, Jill Lepore, Bruce Cohen, William Hartford, Jim Bollen, Jim Green, and Mark Erlich.
The collection of these essays is a result of the "Symposium on the History of Labor in Massachusetts" that was presented by the Institue for Massachusetts Studies in partnership with the Labor Relations and Research Center of the University of Massachusetts on April 15, 1989, at Westfield State College. Topics cover the transformation of labor, industrialization, the role of women, alternatives to the Slater System and the Waltham System, factory health and safety conditions, unionism, union leadership, the decline of labor in the twentieth century, deindustrialization, and the role of labor in politics.
Clarisse A. Poirier's essay is titled, "Aftermath of a Disaster: The Collapse of the Pemberton Mill".
Publisher
Westfield State College
Collection
Lawrence History Center Library
Author
Fones-Wolf, Kenneth (editor)
Rights
This book is owned by the Lawrence History Center, but copyright may be held by another business or organization. Please contact the Center for more information.
Sub Author
Kaufman, Martin (editor)
Date (coverage)
1787-1988