Full Description
A definitive edition of this ground-breaking, classic American industrial and feminist novel. As well as the complete text of the novel, the volume includes a range of primary documents on the themes of work and class, art and industry, social reform and women and writing.
Contents
PART 1: LIFE IN THE IRON MILLS: THE COMPLETE TEXT - Introduction: Cultural and Historical Background - Chronology of Davis's Life and Times - Life in the Iron Mills (1861 Atlantic Monthly Edition) - PART 2: LIFE IN THE IRON MILLS: CULTURAL CONTEXTS - Work and Class - Art and Artists - Social Reform and the Promise of the Dawn - Women and Writing
