American Industry and the European Immigrant, 1860–1885 / / Charlotte Erickson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: American History eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Erickson, Charlotte,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1957
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Economic History ; 13
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (269 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; PREFACE --; CONTENTS --; PART I. THE SEARCH FOR SKILL --; Chapter 1. ORGANIZED EFFORTS T O PROMOTE IMMIGRATION --; Chapter 2. PATTERNS OF PRIVATE RECRUITMENT, 1860-1885 --; Chapter 3. UNCERTAINTIES OF THE CONTRACT LABOR SYSTEM --; PART II. FROM EUROPEAN FARMS TO AMERICAN INDUSTRY --; Chapter 4. AGENCIES IN EUROPE FOR RECRUITING UNSKILLED INDUSTRIAL LABOR --; Chapter 5. THE DISTRIBUTION OF UNSKILLED IMMIGRANTS TO INDUSTRY --; Chapter 6. REACTIONS IN THE MINES AND ON THE RAILROADS --; Chapter 7. MACHINERY AND IMMIGRATION --; PART III. THE ANTI-CONTRACT LABOR LAWS --; Chapter 8. THE WINDOW GLASS WORKERS --; Chapter 9. THE FORAN ACT --; Chapter 10. EXPERIMENTS WHICH FAILED --; APPENDICES --; APPENDIX I. STATEMENTS OF WAGES AND PRICES PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN EMIGRANT COMPANY IN EUROPE --; APPENDIX II. THE FOREIGN BORN IN THE UNITED STATES LABOR FORCE --; APPENDIX III. WORK OF THE CASTLE GARDEN LABOR BUREAU --; APPENDIX IV. CONTRACT LABORERS DEPORTED FROM THE UNITED STATES --; APPENDIX V. FEDERAL DIVISION OF INFORMATION --; NOTES --; ABBREVIATIONS USED IN NOTES --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674333307; 9783110353464; 9783110353488; 9783110442212
• DOI: 10.4159/harvard.9780674333307
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Charlotte Erickson.