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Walter Licht

Author of Industrializing America: The Nineteenth Century

5 Works 111 Members 0 Reviews

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Walter Licht is professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Works by Walter Licht

Industrializing America: The Nineteenth Century (1995) 68 copies

The Face of Decline: The Pennsylvania Anthracite Region in the Twentieth Century (2005) 21 copies

Working for the Railroad: The Organization of Work in the Nineteenth Century (1983) 14 copies

Getting Work: Philadelphia, 1840-1950 (1992) 7 copies

Meine Jagdfreunde im Marschfeld und in der Mark. Jagdgeschichten 1 copy

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Merle Curti Award

The Face of Decline: The Pennsylvania Anthracite Region in the Twentieth Century (2006)

Philip Taft Labor History Book Award

Working for the Railroad: The Organization of Work in the Nineteenth Century (1983)

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Works: 5
Members: 111
Popularity: #175,484
Rating: 3.8

ISBNs: 12

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