| Description |
xii, 446 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction : Stollenwerck's panorama, 1815 -- The artisan republic, 1788-1825 -- "By hammer and hand" : artisans in the mercantile city -- Artisan republicanism -- The bastard workshop, 1825-1850 -- Metropolitan industrialization -- Working man's advocates, 1825-1832 -- Entrepreneurs and radicals -- The rise and fall of the working men -- The journeymen's revolt, 1833-1836 -- "A phalanx of honest worth" : the general trades' union of the city of New York -- Oppositions : to the crisis of 1836 -- Hard times and politics, 1837-1849 -- Panic and prejudice -- Subterranean radicals -- Class conflict in the American metropolis -- The labor crisis of 1950 -- Epilogue : Hudson Street, 1965. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 423-431. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Subject |
Working class -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
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New York (N.Y.) -- History.
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| Indexed Term |
New York (City). Working classes, 1788-1850 |
| ISBN |
0195033426: $49.95 |
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9780195033427: $49.95 |
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