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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Cambridge Univ Pr
Publication date
March 12, 2009
Pages
304
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reissue
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780521102650
ISBN-10
0521102650
Dimensions
0.50 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight
1.10 lbs.
Original list price
$49.99
Other format details
university press
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: This study of canal construction workers between 1780-1860 challenges labor history's focus on skilled craftsmen. Canalers were unskilled workers, often members of despised social groups such as Irish immigrants and African-American slaves. They worked twelve or more hours a day in all weather, exposed to diseases and job-related risks, going home at night to rude shanty towns. Their harsh lifestyles bred conflict that undercut worker unity but promoted battles with employers over workplace issues, and the state was increasingly drawn in to enforce industrial production. Lacking the power that skill brought, canalers had little control over their working conditions. Their experiences represent a different strand of the labor story.
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Hardcover
from Cambridge Univ Pr (November 1, 1993)
9780521440332 | details & prices | 6.50 × 9.50 × 0.75 in. | 1.25 lbs | List price $52.99
About: This study of canal construction workers between 1780-1860 challenges labor history's focus on skilled craftsmen.
About: This study of canal construction workers between 1780-1860 challenges labor history's focus on skilled craftsmen.
Paperback
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Reissue edition from Cambridge Univ Pr (March 12, 2009)
9780521102650 | details & prices | 304 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.50 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $49.99
About: This study of canal construction workers between 1780-1860 challenges labor history's focus on skilled craftsmen.
About: This study of canal construction workers between 1780-1860 challenges labor history's focus on skilled craftsmen.
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