AGTMAAL, W. VAN - J. GERRITS, S. VAN NORDEN (ET.AL.),
Naaisters in Amsterdam 1870-1914. Een Onderzoeksverslag. [Eerste druk; First edition].
Amsterdam, Historisch Seminarium, 1979. Small 4°. Original wrappers. Bold black type covertitle, monochrome illustration at tail. 290pp. of PHOTOCOPY (as published) after the original Typostript, pagination by hand. Some facsim. illustrations in text of which cartoons, other facsims in text after archivalia, appendices (comparative tables) at rear end (facsims.), list of archivalia consulted, table of conents. Detailed dutch language scholarly inquiry about the socio-ecomomic postition of Amsterdam seamstresses and sweatshops 1870-1914, e.g.: formation and influence of various Labour organization, organized and non-organized seamstresses, working-hours, labour conditions, wages, sanity and sanitation, automatization and its effects, unemployment, etc. An interesting scholarly report about a long-forgotten topic. Good copy. (copy dog-eared, contents clean).
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