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Liberty's dawn : a people's history of the Industrial Revolution /

"This remarkable book looks at hundreds of autobiographies penned between 1760 and 1900 to offer an intimate firsthand account of how the Industrial Revolution was experienced by the working class. The Industrial Revolution brought not simply misery and poverty. On the contrary, Griffin shows h...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Griffin, Emma (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, [2013]
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction : 'A simple naritive'
  • Part I. Earning a living. Men at work ; Suffer little children ; Women, work and the cares of home
  • Part II . Love. A brand new wife and an empty pocket ; Naughty tricks on the bed
  • Part III. Culture. Education ; Gospel times ; Sons of freedom
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.