Acknowledgments

Introduction. Identity and Independence: The American Artisan, 1750--1850

Paul A. Gilje

PART I. STUDIES OF THE SOUTHERN EXPERIENCE

From Father to Son: Economic Roots of Craft Dynasties in Eighteenth-Century Maryland

Christine Daniels

Freemen, Servants, and Slaves: Artisans and the Craft Structure of Revolutionary Baltimore Town

Tina H. Sheller

Planters in the Making: Artisanal Opportunity in Georgia, 1790--1830

Michele K. Gillespie

Slave Artisans in Richmond, Virginia, 1780--1810

James Sidbury

PART II. EXPLORATIONS OF CLASS AND POLITICS

Alternative Communities: American Artisans and the Evangelical Appeal, 1780--1830

Ronald Schultz

The Petitioning of Artisans and Operatives: Means and Ends in the Struggle for a Ten-Hour Day

Teresa Murphy

``Spavined Ministers, Lying Toothpullers, and Buggering Priests'': Third-Partyism and the Search for Security in the Antebellum North

Bruce Laurie

PART III. BIOGRAPHICAL APPROACHES

Becoming Joseph T. Buckingham: The Struggle for Artisanal Independence in Early-Nineteenth-Century Boston

Gary J. Kornblith

From Artisan to Alderman: The Career of William W. Moore, 1803--1886

William S. Pretzer

PART IV. ICONOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATIONS

``All Her Sons Join as One Social Band'': New York City's Artisanal Societies in the Early Republic

Howard B. Rock

With Hammer in Hand: Working-Class Occupational Portraits

Harry R. Rubenstein

Notes

Contributors

Index