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Men is cheap : exposing the frauds of free labor in Civil War America / Brian P. Luskey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Luskey, Brian P., author.
- Series:
- Civil War America (Series)
- North Carolina scholarship online.
- Civil War America
- North Carolina scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Working class--United States--History--19th century.
- Working class.
- Labor--Social aspects--United States.
- Labor.
- Employment agencies--Social aspects--United States--History--19th century.
- Employment agencies.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
- United States.
- United States--Social conditions--19th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- 'Men is Cheap' shows that in the process of winning the US Civil War, Northerners were forced to grapple with the frauds of free labor. Labor brokers did indispensable work that helped the Northern state and Northern employers emerge victorious. They also gave rise to an economic and political system that enriched the managerial class.
- Contents:
- Black republican
- Bargains worse than fraudulent
- Capital in self
- Worthy of his hire
- The draft, popularized
- A great social problem.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9798890851284
- 9781469688381
- 1469688387
- 9781469654348
- 1469654342
- OCLC:
- 1140790952
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