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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