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From slavery to the cooperative commonwealth : labor and republican liberty in the nineteenth century / Alex Gourevitch, Brown University.
Lippincott Library HD8072 .G764 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gourevitch, Alexander, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Labor movement--United States--History--19th century.
- Labor movement.
- Wages--United States--History--19th century.
- Wages.
- Cooperation--United States--History--19th century.
- Cooperation.
- Republicanism--United States--History--19th century.
- Republicanism.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- x, 213 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
- Contents:
- Introduction : something of slavery still remains
- The paradox of slavery and freedom
- "Independent laborers by voluntary contract" : the laissez-faire republican turn
- "The sword of want" : free labor against wage labor
- Labor republicanism and the cooperative commonwealth
- Solidarity and selfishness : the political theory of the dependent classes
- Conclusion : the freedom yet to come.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781107033177
- 1107033179
- 9781107663657
- 1107663652
- OCLC:
- 885983229
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