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Scraping by : wage labor, slavery, and survival in early Baltimore

Author
Rockman, Seth.
Title
Scraping by : wage labor, slavery, and survival in early Baltimore / Seth Rockman.
ISBN
9780801890062 (alk. paper)
0801890063 (alk. paper)
9780801890079 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0801890071 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
Physical Description
xii, 368 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 21, 2014
Series
Studies in early American economy and society from the Library Company of Philadelphia.
Studies in early American economy and society from the Library Company of Philadelphia
Bibliography
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.
Subjects
Labor > Maryland > Baltimore > History > 19th century.
Wages > Maryland > Baltimore > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Maryland > Baltimore > History > 19th century.
Working class > Maryland > Baltimore > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Employment > Maryland > Baltimore > History > 19th century.
White people > Employment > Maryland > Baltimore > History > 19th century.
Capitalism > Social aspects > Maryland > Baltimore > History > 19th century.
Baltimore (Md.) > Economic conditions > 19th century.
Baltimore (Md.) > Social conditions > 19th century.
Baltimore (Md.) > Race relations > History > 19th century.
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https://search.library.yale.edu/catalog/11819816
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