Citizen worker : the experience of workers in the United States with democracy and the free market during the nineteenth century

by David Montgomery

Paper Book, 1993

Status

Available

Pages

x; 189

Tags

U.S. Labor History: Overviews and 20th Century

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Collection

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Publication

Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1993.

Description

This book discusses the relationship between workers and the government by focusing not on the legal regulation of unions and strikes, but on popular struggles for citizenship rights. This discussion includes the role of democracy in the dismantling of indentured servitude, judicial decisions shaping the rights and obligations of the development of vagrancy law and of municipal police forces. The book also examines the role of the Democratic, Republican, and Know Nothing parties in shaping popular political culture and in mobilising and channeling the political activity of white and black workers.

Subjects

Capitalism United States History
Civil Rights United States History
Democracy United States History
Political parties United States History
Working class United States History

Language

English

Physical description

x, 189 p.; 24 cm

ISBN

0521420571 / 9780521420570

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