This deeply researched and well-written volume stands as a rigorous study that fills a real need - a major exploration of the working class politics of southern millhands in the modern period.
Unemployed millhands and weavers were faced with the choice of the workhouse or starvation, and rioted.
Were southern millhands docile or individualistic, or some special blend of the two?
Definition of millhand in US English:
millhand
nounˈmilhandˈmɪlhænd
A worker in a mill or factory.
作坊(或工厂)工人
Example sentencesExamples
Were southern millhands docile or individualistic, or some special blend of the two?
This deeply researched and well-written volume stands as a rigorous study that fills a real need - a major exploration of the working class politics of southern millhands in the modern period.
Unemployed millhands and weavers were faced with the choice of the workhouse or starvation, and rioted.