A Social History of the Laboring Classes: From Colonial Times to the Present: 2 (Problems in American History) - Tapa blanda

Jones, Jacqueline

 
9780631207702: A Social History of the Laboring Classes: From Colonial Times to the Present: 2 (Problems in American History)
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ISBN 10: 0631207708 ISBN 13: 9780631207702
Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell, 1999

Sinopsis

In this concise historical narrative, Jacqueline Jones provides a sweeping account of the most significant aspect of nearly every American's life.

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Acerca del autor

Jacqueline Jones is Truman Professor of American Civilization at Brandeis University. She is the author of American Work (1998), The Dispossessed (1993), Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow (1986), winner of the Bancroft Prize in American History.

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In this concise historical narrative, Jacqueline Jones provides a sweeping account of the most significant aspect of nearly every American's life: work. Beginning with the seventeenth century, A Social History of the Laboring Classes examines broadly all types of workers - the waged and unwaged, urban and countryside - framed by the large scale economic transformations that affected workers throughout American history.

Exploring major themes such as the transition of slavery to free labor, the denigration of women's housework, technological advances and the rise of the global assembly line, this book demonstrates how in response to these changes, workers have reconfigured themselves according to their race, gender, ethnicity and task. From the antebellum American Labor Movement to worksites found today in Las Vegas hotels and casinos, this brief synthesis by an award-winning historian will provide an unparalleled account of the social history of work for students of American history and general readers alike.

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Editorial
Wiley-Blackwell
Año de publicación
1999
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0631207708
ISBN 13 
9780631207702
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
259
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Otras ediciones populares con el mismo título

9780631207696: A Social History of Laboring Classes: Colonial to the Present (Problems in American History)

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ISBN 10:  0631207694 ISBN 13:  9780631207696
Editorial: Blackwell Publishers, 1999
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