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Men is cheap : exposing the frauds of free labor in Civil War America /
"Men Is Cheap shows how the concepts of military and domestic necessity were connected in white northerners' minds and clarifies what they thought the war was fought over. In the process of winning the war, white northerners were forced to grapple with the frauds of free labor. Labor broke...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2020]
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| Colección: | Civil War America (Series)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Men Is Cheap shows how the concepts of military and domestic necessity were connected in white northerners' minds and clarifies what they thought the war was fought over. In the process of winning the war, white northerners were forced to grapple with the frauds of free labor. Labor brokers, by helping to staff the Union military and Yankee households, did indispensable work that helped the northern state and northern employers emerge victorious"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (279 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781469654348 1469654342 9781469654331 1469654334 |