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Histoire & Mesure - Année 2000 - Volume 15 - Numéro 1 - Pages 83-111Jusqu'à une date récente, la persistance de la production textile domestique dans l'Est canadien au XIXe siècle fut attribuée à la pauvreté. Les ménages agricoles, manquant de ressources pour se procurer de l'étoffe d'usine auprès des marchands, s'efforçaient d'être autosuffisants dans ce domaine. L'exemple du Nouveau-Brunswick montre que d'autres facteurs pouvaient encourager et faciliter cette production, et corrobore les hypothèses récentes émises par certains historiens canadiens. La production textile fut facilitée par le développement d'une infrastructure locale (moulins à carder), mais surtout par la possibilité de se procurer du coton de chaîne fabriqué en usine. Elle était destinée aux échanges et à la vente, tout autant qu'à la consommation familiale. La production textile domestique était aussi affaire de femmes, qui y trouvaient leur compte. Le textile domestique se vendait cher et le profit que les tisserandes retiraient de leur travail était élevé. Elles pouvaient espérer gagner presque autant qu'un salarié masculin.
Women, markets and domestic cloth production in New Brunswick in XIXth century Until recently, the perpetuation of domestic cloth production in Eastern Canada in the XIXth century has been blamed on poverty. Farm households lacked the resources to acquire factory made fabric from the stores. They were obliged to try to be self sufficient in cloth. In New Brunwick however, other factors seem to have facilitated and even encouraged domestic textile production. The situation corroborates the hypothesis recently put forward by Canadien historians. Domestic cloth production was facilitated by the development of a local infrastructure (carding mills) and the availability of factory made cotton warp. It was meant for barter and market exchanges as well as for self consumption. Women were the ones who wove, and must have found the activity worth their while as domestic cloth fetched high prices and generated comfortable profits. Female weavers consequently could expect to earn almost as much as male wage earners.
29 pages
Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.
Women, markets and domestic cloth production in New Brunswick in XIXth century Until recently, the perpetuation of domestic cloth production in Eastern Canada in the XIXth century has been blamed on poverty. Farm households lacked the resources to acquire factory made fabric from the stores. They were obliged to try to be self sufficient in cloth. In New Brunwick however, other factors seem to have facilitated and even encouraged domestic textile production. The situation corroborates the hypothesis recently put forward by Canadien historians. Domestic cloth production was facilitated by the development of a local infrastructure (carding mills) and the availability of factory made cotton warp. It was meant for barter and market exchanges as well as for self consumption. Women were the ones who wove, and must have found the activity worth their while as domestic cloth fetched high prices and generated comfortable profits. Female weavers consequently could expect to earn almost as much as male wage earners.
29 pages
Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.
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