Workers in the Metropolis : Class, Ethnicity, and Youth in Antebellum New York City /

The working class in New York City was remade in the mid-nineteenth century. In the 1820s a substantial majority of city artisans were native-born; by the 1850s three-quarters of the city's laboring men and women were immigrants. How did the influx of this large group of young adults affect the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stott, Richard B. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
Temas:
1800-1899
Working class > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century.
Foreign workers > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century.
Travailleurs > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 19e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Foreign workers.
Working class.
New York (State) > New York.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Figures and Maps
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Metropolis and Working-Class History
  • 1. The City
  • 2. A Short History of the Trades of New York
  • 3. The People
  • 4. The Labor Market and the Family Economy
  • 5. The Workplace
  • 6. Consumption
  • 7. Working-Class Neighborhoods
  • 8. Working-Class Institutions
  • 9. Culture
  • Appendixes
  • Index

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