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

Author
Rockman, Seth [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
Description
xii, 368 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

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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 (p. [269]-347) and index.
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
  • 9780801890062 (alk. paper)
  • 0801890063 (alk. paper)
  • 9780801890079 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0801890071 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2008011847
OCLC
214322654
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