Butter Making and Economic Development in Mid-Atlantic America from 1750 to 1850

An examination of the labor of "undocumented workers" in the early nineteenth-century in the US focuses on a study of butter making in the Philadelphia hinterland.

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Published in:Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 1988-07, Vol.13 (4), p.813-829
Main Author: Jensen, Joan M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural land
Butter
Butter making
Crops
Dairy products
Economic Development
Family farms
Farm commodities
History (1750-1850)
Industrial agriculture
Labor force
Men
Milk production
Revisions/Reports
Social research
United States
Urban agriculture
Women
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Summary:An examination of the labor of "undocumented workers" in the early nineteenth-century in the US focuses on a study of butter making in the Philadelphia hinterland.
ISSN:0097-9740
1545-6943
DOI:10.1086/494469