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Artisans into Workers : Labor in Nineteenth-Century America

by Bruce Laurie

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In the only modern study synthesizing nineteenth-century American labor history, Bruce Laurie examines the character of working-class factionalism, plebian expectations of government, and relations between the organized few and the unorganized many. Laurie also examines the republican tradition and the movements that drew on it, from the General Trades Unions in the age of Jackson to the Knights of Labor later in the century.

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Bruce Laurie is Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Canonical title: Artisans into Workers : Labor in Nineteenth-Century America
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Original language: English

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Genres: Nonfiction, History, Economics, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 331.11 — Society, government, & culture Economics Labor economics Labor force and market
LCC: HD8070 .L38 — Social sciences Industries. Land use. Labor Industries. Land use. Labor Labor. Work. Working class By region or country
BISAC: HIS HISTORY United States 19th Century

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Languages: English
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Published: 1989
Genres: Nonfiction, History, Economics, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 331.11
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