Natives and Newcomers : : The Ordering of Opportunity in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Poughkeepsie / / Clyde Griffen, Sally Griffen.
This important contribution to the literature on mobility in nineteenth-century America examines with a fine microscope the world of work in Poughkeepsie, New York. The careers of all workers in each occupation--the entire labor force in this city with an 1870 population of 20,000--are traced over t...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013] ©1978 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Edition: | Reprint 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Harvard Studies in Urban History ;
9 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (291 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- 1 From Village to Small City
- 2 Perspectives on Success
- 3 Chances to Rise
- 4 Men at the Top
- 5 The Precariousness of Enterprise
- 6 Stratification in Business
- 7 Opportunity for Artisans during Industrialization
- 8 Immigrant Success in the Handicrafts
- 9 Factories as Levelers
- 10 From the Bottom Up
- 11 The Employment of Women
- Conclusion
- Notes / Index
- Notes
- Index
- Backmatter