Keepers of the Revolution : : New Yorkers at Work in the Early Republic /

Keepers of the Revolution : : New Yorkers at Work in the Early Republic / / ed. by Howard B. Rock, Paul Gilje.

They recreate the rhythms of daily life, clarify the impact of political and social changes on working people, and help us appreciate how these women and men-not just the country's founding fathers—were truly "keepers of the revolution."Paul A. Gilje and Howard B. Rock provide a gener...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
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Gilje, Paul,
Rock, Howard B.,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©1992
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Documents in American Social History
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Physical Description:1 online resource (312 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  • PREFACE
  • A NOTE ON ABBREVIATIONS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. APPRENTICES AND YouTHS: Freedom, Ambition, and Tradition
  • 2. JOURNEYMEN The Quest for Respectability
  • 3. MASTER CRAFTSMEN: Competence, Independence, and Leadership
  • 4. WATERFRONT WORKERS: Afloat and Ashore
  • 5. AFRICAN AMERICANS: Extending the Bounds of Republicanism
  • 6. WOMEN: In and Beyond the Household
  • INDEX

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