A Living Wage : American Workers and the Making of Consumer Society /

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The author of this text documents the history of the labour movement's demand for "a living wage". The movement's response to wages shows how American workers negotiated the transition from artisan to consumer, opening political possibilities and creating contradictions which hau...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Glickman, Lawrence B., 1963-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1999, 1997.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Working class.
Wages.
Cost and standard of living.
Consumption (Economics) > Social aspects.
Consumption (Economics) > Social aspects > United States > History.
Working class > United States > History.
Cost and standard of living > United States > History.
Wages > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:The author of this text documents the history of the labour movement's demand for "a living wage". The movement's response to wages shows how American workers negotiated the transition from artisan to consumer, opening political possibilities and creating contradictions which haunt them today.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (240 pages): illustrations ;
ISBN:9781501702228

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