The needle's eye : women and work in the age of revolution /

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Among the enduring stereotypes of early American history has been the colonial Goodwife, perpetually spinning, sewing, darning, and quilting, answering all of her family's textile needs. But the Goodwife of popular historical imagination obscures as much as she reveals; the icon appears to expl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Miller, Marla R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2006.
Colección:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Women > Employment > Massachusetts > Hadley (Town) > History.
Needleworkers > Massachusetts > Hadley (Town) > Case studies.
Women artisans > Massachusetts > Hadley (Town) > Case studies.
Social classes > Massachusetts > Hadley (Town) > History.
Clothing trade > Massachusetts > Hadley (Town) > History.
Travailleuses à l'aiguille > Massachusetts > Hadley > Études de cas.
Artisanes > Massachusetts > Hadley > Études de cas.
Classes sociales > Massachusetts > Hadley > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Clothing trade.
Needleworkers.
Social classes.
Women artisans.
Women > Employment.
Massachusetts > Hadley (Town)
Case studies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction : Early American artisanry : why gender matters
  • pt. 1.
  • 1. Clothing and consumers in rural New England, 1760-1810
  • 2. Needle trades in New England, 1760-1810
  • pt. II
  • 3. Needlework of the rural gentry : the world of Elizabeth Porter Phelps
  • 4. Family, community, and informal work in the needle trades : the worlds of Easter Fairchild Newton and Tryphena Newton Cooke
  • 5. Family, artisanry, and craft tradition : the worlds of Tabitha Clark Smith and Rebecca Dickinson
  • 6. Gender, artisanry, and craft tradition : the world of Catherine Phelps Parsons
  • pt. 3.
  • 7. Women's artisanal work in the changing New England marketplace
  • Conclusion : The romance of old clothes
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Index.

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