Scraping by : wage labor, slavery, and survival in early Baltimore Seth Rockman

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rockman, Seth.

Series:

Studies in early American economy and society from the Library Company of Philadelphia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor--Maryland--Baltimore--History--19th century.

Labor.

Wages--Maryland--Baltimore--History--19th century.

Wages.

Slavery--Maryland--Baltimore--History--19th century.

Slavery.

Working class--Maryland--Baltimore--History--19th century.

Working class.

African Americans--Employment--Maryland--Baltimore--History--19th century.

African Americans.

White people--Employment--Maryland--Baltimore--History--19th century.

White people.

Capitalism--Social aspects--Maryland--Baltimore--History--19th century.

Capitalism.

Baltimore (Md.)--Economic conditions--19th century.

Baltimore (Md.).

Baltimore (Md.)--Social conditions--19th century.

Baltimore (Md.)--Race relations--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

xii, 368 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.

Contents:

Coming to work in the city

A job for a working man

Dredging and drudgery

A job for a working woman

The living wage

The hard work of being poor

The consequence of failure

The market's grasp.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-347) and index.

ISBN:

9780801890079 (pbk. : alk. paper)

0801890071 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

214322654

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