New York city cartmen, 1667-1850 /
The cartmen--unskilled workers who hauled goods on one horsecarts--were perhaps the most important labor group in early American cities. The forerunners of the Teamsters Union, these white-frocked laborers moved almost all of the nation's possessions, touching the lives of virtually every Ameri...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autor principal: | |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
New York :
New York University Press,
©2012.
New York, New York : 2012 |
Edición: | Rev. ed. |
Colección: | American social experience series ;
4. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments to the First Edition
- Preface to the Revised Edition
- Introduction
- 1. The London Cartmen
- 2. Creation of the Bond in New York City, 1667-1700
- 3. Affirmation of the Bond, 1700-1745
- 4. Expansion and Prosperity, 1745-1760
- 5. The Cartmen in the Era of Revolution, 1760-1783
- 6. The Postwar Years, 1783-1788
- 7. The Cartmen Organize, 1789-1795
- 8. Problems with Politics, 1795-1801
- 9. Creating Security within the Municipal Government, 1801-1818
- 10. Political Consolidation and Challenge, 1818-1835
- 11. The World of Isaac Lyon: Continuity and Change, 1835-1845
- 12. Epilogue
- Appendixes
- Notes
- Index