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Mechanization and Work in the American Shoe Industry: Lynn, Massachusetts, 1852–1883

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Between 1852 and 1883 the nature and organization of work in the American shoe industry changed due to the introduction of machinery and the factory system. For generations before 1852 shoes had been made by hand in small workshops organized through a putting out system. Each artisan possessed the skill and tools to make an entire shoe by hand, and work was intertwined with family life. With the introduction of machinery, making a shoe was divided into many distinct tasks, each performed by a different worker, and work was moved into a factory where it came under closer supervision.

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  • Mulligan, William H., 1981. "Mechanization and Work in the American Shoe Industry: Lynn, Massachusetts, 1852–1883," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 41(1), pages 59-63, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jechis:v:41:y:1981:i:01:p:59-63_04
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    1. Chulhee Lee, 2009. "Technological Changes and Employment of Older Manufacturing Workers in Early Twentieth Century America," NBER Working Papers 14746, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    2. Alexander Frenzel Baudisch, 2006. "Functional Demand Satiation and Industrial Dynamcis - The Emergence of the Global Value Chain for the U.S. Footwear Industry," DRUID Working Papers 06-03, DRUID, Copenhagen Business School, Department of Industrial Economics and Strategy/Aalborg University, Department of Business Studies.

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