Scraping by: Wage Labor, Slavery, and Survival in Early Baltimore

Contributor(s): Rockman, Seth (Author)

ISBN: 9780801890079

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

Binding Types:

Paperback

$32.95

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$45.90 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$44.70 (100+ copies: $43.95)

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$32.95

Pub Date: December 19, 2008

Dewey: 331.10975271

LCCN: 2008011847

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.20" H x 8.90" L x 6.00" W ( 1.20 lbs) 392 pages

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Series: Studies in Early American Economy and Society from the Libra

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: These rich accounts of day laborers and domestic servants illuminate the history of early republic capitalism and its consequences for working families.

Brief description: Seth Rockman is an assistant professor of history at Brown University and author of Welfare Reform in the Early Republic.

Review Quotes: Graceful, engaging work.
--History Wire - Where the Past Comes Alive

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