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    Labor, Politics, and Capital Mobility in the Textile Industry

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    With important ramifications for studies relating to industrialization and the impact of globalization, A Common Thread examines the relocation of the New England textile industry to the piedmont South between 1880 and 1959. Through the example of the Massachusetts-based Dwight Manufacturing Company, the book provides an informative historic reference point to current debates about the continuous ... Leer más

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  • Global Women's Work

    Perspectives on Gender and Work in the Global Economy

    Series series Routledge IAFFE Advances in Feminist Economics
    This volume considers how women are shaping the global economic landscape through their labor, activism, and multiple discourses about work. Bringing together an interdisciplinary group of international scholars, the book offers a gendered examination of work in the global economy and analyses the effects of the 2008 downturn on women’s labor force participation and workplace activism.The book ... Leer más

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  • Virginia Women

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    This second of two volumes continues the exploration of the history of Virginia women through the lives of exemplary and remarkable individuals. Seventeen essays written by established and emerging scholars recover the stories and voices of a diverse group of women, from the transition from slavery to freedom in the period following the Civil War through the struggle to secure rights for gay and ... Leer más

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    An Illustrated History of Labor in the United States

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  • Clashing Over Commerce

    A History of US Trade Policy

    Series series Markets and Governments in Economic History
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  • A History of America in Ten Strikes

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    The election of the President and Vice President of the United States is an indirect vote in which citizens cast ballots for a slate of members of the U.S

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