Upon the altar of work : child labor and the rise of a new American sectionalism /

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"Rooted in the crisis over slavery, disagreements about child labor broke down along sectional lines between the North and South. For decades after emancipation, the child labor issue shaped how Northerners and Southerners defined fundamental concepts of American life such as work, freedom, the...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Wood, Betsy (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2020]
Collection:Working class in American history.
Sujets:
Child labor > Political aspects > United States > History.
Sectionalism (United States) > History.
Enfants > Travail > Aspect politique > États-Unis > Histoire.
Régionalisme > États-Unis > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
Sectionalism (United States)
United States.
Electronic books.
History.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 Fields of Free Labor: Child Rescue and Sectional Crisis
  • 2 Testing Ground of Freedom: Child Labor in the Age of Emancipation
  • 3 Seeds of a New Sectionalism: Southern Origins of Child Labor Reform
  • 4 Child Labor Abolitionists: A Northern Progressive Vision
  • 5 Cultural Warriors: A Southern Capitalist Vision
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Back Cover

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