A social history of the laboring classes : from colonial times to the present / Jacqueline Jones.
| Author/creator | Jones, Jacqueline, 1948- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, 1999. |
| Description | 250 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Problems in American history Problems in American history. ^A644332 |
| Contents | "Strangers" and other workers in the seventeenth-century colonies -- "Be sure to come free": workers in the eighteenth century -- Crosscurrents of slavery and freedom in the antebellum South -- The northern laboring classes at odds with one another, before and during the civil war -- Idealogies of race in a modernizing economy: the cases of African-American and Chinese workers -- The laboring classes in turn-of-the-century America -- The rise of the state in depression and war: the American workforce, 1916-1945 -- American workers and the new world order in the second half of the twentieth century. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-244) and index. |
| LCCN | 98040544 |
| ISBN | 0631207694 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0631207708 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HD8066 .J66 1999 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |