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Labor At Home: The Domestic World Of Workers At The Du Pont Powder Mills, 1802-1902, Margaret M. Mulrooney
Labor At Home: The Domestic World Of Workers At The Du Pont Powder Mills, 1802-1902, Margaret M. Mulrooney
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While the history of the du Pont family and Du Pont Company have been well-documented, little is known about the everyday lives of the Irish Catholic immigrants who lived and worked at the home plant near Wilmington, Delaware. to correct this oversight, "Labor at Home" explores every aspect of the powder workers' domestic world--from religious beliefs, family structure, gender relations, and ethnic ties, to houses, furnishings, and yards--and uses this data to support new conclusions about cultural identity and class affiliation. as early as the 1820s, for example, powder mill families began to convey their increasing affiliation with bourgeois American …
The Power Of The Privy: Mediating Social Relations On A 19th Century British Military Site, Joseph Henry Last
The Power Of The Privy: Mediating Social Relations On A 19th Century British Military Site, Joseph Henry Last
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Working With Tools: Work, Identity, And Perception Communicated Through The Material Culture Of Work In The Context Of The Rideau Canal Construction 1826-1832, Suzanne Elizabeth Stella Plousos
Working With Tools: Work, Identity, And Perception Communicated Through The Material Culture Of Work In The Context Of The Rideau Canal Construction 1826-1832, Suzanne Elizabeth Stella Plousos
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Trains, Trucks, And Traffic Jams: The Rise Of Automotive Transportation, 1880-1956, Anthony Roland Destefanis
Trains, Trucks, And Traffic Jams: The Rise Of Automotive Transportation, 1880-1956, Anthony Roland Destefanis
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Marston Parish 1654-1674: A Community Study, Jane Dillon Mckinney
Marston Parish 1654-1674: A Community Study, Jane Dillon Mckinney
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Lead Poisoning From The Colonial Period To The Present, Elsie Irene Eubanks
Lead Poisoning From The Colonial Period To The Present, Elsie Irene Eubanks
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"So That I Get Her Again": African American Slave Women Runaways In Selected Richmond, Virginia Newspapers, 1830-1860, And The Richmond, Virginia Police Guard Daybook, 1834-1843, Leni Ashmore Sorensen
"So That I Get Her Again": African American Slave Women Runaways In Selected Richmond, Virginia Newspapers, 1830-1860, And The Richmond, Virginia Police Guard Daybook, 1834-1843, Leni Ashmore Sorensen
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No abstract provided.