Keepers of the Revolution : New Yorkers at Work in the Early Republic /
They recreate the rhythms of daily life, clarify the impact of political and social changes on working people, and help us appreciate how these women and men-not just the country's founding fathers-were truly "keepers of the revolution."Paul A. Gilje and Howard B. Rock provide a gener...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
1992.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- PREFACE
- A NOTE ON ABBREVIATIONS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. APPRENTICES AND YouTHS: Freedom, Ambition, and Tradition
- 2. JOURNEYMEN The Quest for Respectability
- 3. MASTER CRAFTSMEN: Competence, Independence, and Leadership
- 4. WATERFRONT WORKERS: Afloat and Ashore
- 5. AFRICAN AMERICANS: Extending the Bounds of Republicanism
- 6. WOMEN: In and Beyond the Household
- INDEX