Scraping By : Wage Labor, Slavery, and Survival in Early Baltimore, Paperback...

Description: Scraping By : Wage Labor, Slavery, and Survival in Early Baltimore, Paperback by Rockman, Seth, ISBN 0801890071, ISBN-13 9780801890079, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Rockman (history, Brown U.) offers a glimpse into the daily lives of the low-wage laborers who made up the unskilled workforce of post-Revolution Baltimore. The author illuminates the struggle of the men and women who faced the challenge of stitching together enough days of work to pay rent and feed and clothe their families. He also explores this diverse group of workers in terms of sex, ethnicity, and legal status to detail the limited economic opportunities available to them. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()

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

Number of Pages: 392 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

Publication Year: 2009

Topic: Slavery, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Sociology / General, Economic Conditions, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Labor, United States / General, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies

Item Height: 1.1 in

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Social Science, Business & Economics, History

Item Weight: 18.4 Oz

Item Length: 9 in

Author: Seth Rockman

Book Series: Studies in Early American Economy and Society from the Library Company of Philadelphia Ser.

Item Width: 6 in

Format: Trade Paperback