Working People of Philadelphia, 1800-1850 /

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Hoofdauteur: Laurie, Bruce
Formaat: Elektronisch E-boek
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1980.
Reeks:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Inhoudsopgave:
  • Introduction
  • Part one. The work setting, 1800-1850
  • The sources of industrial diversity
  • Part two. The forging of working-class cultures, 1820-1837
  • Revivalists: the militias of Christ
  • Traditionalists: "the boys of pleasure"
  • Radicals: Thomas Paine's progeny
  • "We are all day laborers": the General Trades' Union of the City and County of Philadelphia, 1833-1837
  • Part three. Hard times, 1837-1844
  • "The uses of adversity"
  • Part four. Years of discord, 1845-1850
  • Workers at bay
  • Varieties of radicalism
  • Part five. Epilogue
  • Radicalism united and divided.