New York City Cartmen, 1667-1850 / Graham Russell Gao Hodges.
The cartmen—unskilled workers who hauled goods on one horsecarts—were perhaps the most important labor group in early American cities. The forerunners of the Teamsters Union, these white-frocked laborers moved almost all of the nation’s possessions, touching the lives of virtually every American. Ne...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York : : New York University Press,, 2012. Baltimore, Md. : : Project MUSE,, 2021 ©2012. |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Edition: | Rev. ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The American social experience series ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 231 pages) :; illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- The London cartmen
- Creation of the bond in New York City, 1667-1700
- Affirmation of the bond, 1700-1745
- Expansion and prosperity, 1745-1760
- The cartmen in the era of revolution, 1760-1783
- The postwar years, 1783-1788
- The cartmen organize, 1789-1795
- Problems with politics, 1795-1801
- Creating security within the municipal government, 1801-1818
- Political consolidation and challenge, 1818-1835
- The world of Isaac Lyon : continuity and change, 1835-1845.