Steam Laundries: Gender, Technology, and Work in the United States and Great Britain, 1880-1940

by Arwen P. Mohun

Book Overview

Laundries were once ubiquitous in British and American cities--products of the same historical process that created steel mills and railroads. Unlike the more familiar examples of industrialization,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801872464
• ISBN13: 9780801872464
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"