Men Is Cheap : Exposing the Frauds of Free Labor in Civil War America /

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"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Luskey, Brian P. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2020]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Working class.
Social conditions.
Public opinion.
Labor > Social aspects.
Capitalism > Social aspects.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Bureaux de placement > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Travail > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Travailleurs > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Capitalism > Social aspects > United States.
Employment agencies > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Labor > Social aspects > United States.
Working class > United States > History > 19th century.
United States.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Opinion publique.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 19e siecle.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Recrutement.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Public opinion.
United States > Social conditions > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (296 pages).
ISBN:9781469654348

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