“A Devil in Petticoats” and Just Cause: Patterns of Punishment in Two New England Textile Factories

1 January 1976

journal article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Business History Review

Vol. 50 (2) , 131-152
https://doi.org/10.2307/3113445

Abstract

Professor Gersuny examines discipline and punishment of the workforce in two New England textile mills separated in time by almost a century and a half. He finds that, despite dramatic changes in the technological, social, and cultural context, the constraints governing factory discipline have shown remarkable continuity.

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