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

Author
Rockman, Seth [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2009]
  • ©2009
Description
1 online resource (387 pages) : illustrations.

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Subject(s)
Series
Studies in early American economy and society from the Library Company of Philadelphia. [More in this series]
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages [269]-347) and index.
Source of description
Description based on print version record.
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.
ISBN
0-8018-9999-0
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