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Family Time and Industrial Time
Tamara K. Hareven
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Description for Family Time and Industrial Time
Paperback. The myth that industrialization broke down traditional family ties has long pervaded American society. Professor Hareven, a leading social historian, dispels this myth and illustrates how the family survived and became an active force in the modern factory. Num Pages: 490 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: G; JHBL; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
The myth that industrialization broke down traditional family ties has long pervaded American society. Professor Hareven, a leading social historian, dispels this myth and illustrates how the family survived and became an active force in the modern factory. In this book, Hareven examines the multiple roles that the workers' families fulfilled in facilitating their adaptation to the pressures of changing work patterns and new modes of life in an industrial city. She reconstructs family and work patterns among immigrants as well as native textile laborers over two generations during a crucial period in the transformation of American industry ... Read more
The myth that industrialization broke down traditional family ties has long pervaded American society. Professor Hareven, a leading social historian, dispels this myth and illustrates how the family survived and became an active force in the modern factory. In this book, Hareven examines the multiple roles that the workers' families fulfilled in facilitating their adaptation to the pressures of changing work patterns and new modes of life in an industrial city. She reconstructs family and work patterns among immigrants as well as native textile laborers over two generations during a crucial period in the transformation of American industry ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
490
Condition
New
Number of Pages
490
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780819190260
SKU
V9780819190260
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About Tamara K. Hareven
Tamara K. Hareven is Unidel Professor of Family Studies and History at the University of Delaware.
Reviews for Family Time and Industrial Time
Students of the family have waited with a good deal of anticipation for this book...The dynamic quality of the story she has to tell is a striking achievement. A readable as well as informative study of the nature of work and of families at the grassroots.
Carl N. Degler, Stanford University Students of the family have waited with ... Read more
Carl N. Degler, Stanford University Students of the family have waited with ... Read more