Men is cheap : exposing the frauds of free labor in Civil War America / Brian P. Luskey.

Author
Luskey, Brian P. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2020]
Description
1 online resource (279 pages)

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Available Online

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"Men Is Cheap shows how the concepts of military and domestic necessity were connected in white northerners' minds and clarifies what they thought the war was fought over. In the process of winning the war, white northerners were forced to grapple with the frauds of free labor. Labor brokers, by helping to staff the Union military and Yankee households, did indispensable work that helped the northern state and northern employers emerge victorious"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
Source of description
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 05, 2020).
Contents
  • Black republican
  • Bargains worse than fraudulent
  • Capital in self
  • Worthy of his hire
  • The draft, popularized
  • A great social problem.
ISBN
  • 9781469654348 ((electronic book))
  • 1469654342 ((electronic book))
  • 9781469654331 ((electronic bk.))
  • 1469654334 ((electronic bk.))
OCLC
1140790952
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