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Tables of Contents for Working in America
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
xi
Introduction
xiii
The Yeoman Farmer: 1783--1900
1
23
The Role of Enslaved Workers: 1619--1865
24
21
The Factory System Emerges: 1733--1865
45
20
Building a Transportation Network: 1794--1900
65
22
The Mining Frontier: 1719--1900
87
24
Industry in the Gilded Age: 1870--1914
111
22
Labor Organizes: 1788--1918
133
29
The Cowboy: 1840--1886
162
19
The Movement to End Child Labor: 1875--1924
181
21
The Great Depression: 1929--1941
202
26
The Labor Movement in Growth and Decline: 1917--1999
228
24
African Americans Seek Equality in the Workplace: 1865--1996
252
28
The Changing Role of Women: 1776--1999
280
26
The American Worker Faces the Future: 1946--1999
306
9
Appendix A: Documents
315
31
Appendix B: Biographies of Major Personalities
346
31
Appendix C: Maps
377
5
Bibliograpy
382
21
Index
403