Thomas McNally Livres

Between 1820 and 1860, tens of thousands of single women left rural New England to work in the factory towns of the region. After a few years, they returned to the farm, moved west, or settled in the growing urban centres. In Farm to Factory, Thomas Dublin has selected letters from six of these women in order to provide a personal view of the first generation of American women employed for wages outside their own homes.

This book investigates Wittgenstein's significance for our understanding of the nature of language, and offers clear interpretations of the arguments put forward in a central work of twentieth-century philosophy. It will be useful for those interested in the philosophy of language as well as for students of linguistics and psychology.