Labor and Laborers of the Loom: Mechanization and Handloom Weavers, 1780-1840 (repost)
Labor and Laborers of the Loom: Mechanization and Handloom Weavers, 1780-1840 By Gail Fowler Mohanty
Publisher: Ro.utl.e.dge 2006 | 272 Pages | ISBN: 0415979021 | PDF | 3 MB
Publisher: Ro.utl.e.dge 2006 | 272 Pages | ISBN: 0415979021 | PDF | 3 MB
Labor and Laborers of the Loom: Mechanization and Handloom Weavers 1780-1840 develops several themes important to understanding the social, cultural and economic implications of industrialization. The examination of these issues within a population of extra-factory workers distinguishes this study.
The volume centers on the rapid growth of handloom weaving in response to the introduction of water powered spinning. This change is viewed from the perspectives of mechanics, technological limitations, characteristics of weaving, skills, income and cost. In the works of Duncan Bythell and Norman Murray the displacement of British and Scottish hand weavers loomed large and the silence of American handloom weavers in similar circumstances was deafening.