Bruce Laurie: Working People of Philadelphia, 1800-1850

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#CC0000" alink="#CC0000"><center><hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade>A "New Labor History" of the contours of working-class cultures in antebellum Philadelphia<hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade><p><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9780877222927&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><img src="181_reg.gif" height=200 border=1 vspace=4></p></center><h1>Working People of Philadelphia, 1800-1850</h1> <h3>Bruce Laurie</h3> <P>paper 0-87722-292-4 $18.95, Jan 83, <FONT COLOR=#990033>Out of Stock Unavailable</FONT> <BR></P><BLOCKQUOTE><I>"A valuable portrait of the craftsmen, journeymen, factory hands, and laborers in a major industrial city during the antebellum period. Focuses well on working conditions and on the workingman's religious and community life."</I> <br>&#151<b><I>The New Leader</I></b><I></I></BLOCKQUOTE> <h2>Excerpt</h2><P>Excerpt available at <a href="http://www.temple.edu/tempress">www.temple.edu/tempress</a></p> <BR> <h2>Reviews</h2> <p><I>"A fresh and generally persuasive analysis of the dynamics of the American working class in a formative period of American industrialization, an analysis that transcends the boundaries of labor organizations toward a broader social and economic perspective. It deserves close attention."</I> <br>&#151<b><I>Winterthur Portfolio</I></b> <p><I>"Bruce Laurie's illumination of the contours of working class culture in antebellum Philadelphia is a tour de force in the rapidly maturing literature of the 'new' social history...."</I> <br>&#151<b><I>Pennsylvania History</I></b> <BR> <h2>Contents</h2><P> <p>Acknowledgments <br>Introduction <p><b>Part I: The Work Setting, 1800-1850</b> <br>1. The Sources of Industrial Diversity <p><b>Part II: The Forging of Working-Class Cultures, 1820-1837</b> <br>2. Revivalists: The Militias of Christ <br>3. Traditionalists: "The Boys of Pleasure" <br>4. Radicals: Thomas Paine's Progeny <br>5. "We Are All Day Laborers": The General Trades' Union of the City and County of Philadelphia, 1833-1837 <p><b>Part III: Hard Times, 1837-1844</b> <br>6. "The Uses of Adversity" <p><b>Part IV: Years of Discord, 1845-1850</b> <br>7. Workers at Bay <br>8. Varieties of Radicalism <p><b>Part V: Epilogue</b> <br>9. Radicalism United and Divided <p>Notes <br>Bibliography <br>Index </P><BR> <H2>About the Author(s)</H2> <P><b>Bruce Laurie</b> is Professor and Director of the History Institute, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.</P> <BR><H2>Subject Categories</H2> <p><A HREF="/tempress/history.html" TARGET="_top">History</a> <BR><A HREF="/tempress/labor.html" TARGET="_top">Labor Studies and Work</a> <BR><A HREF="/tempress/philly.html" TARGET="_top">Philadelphia Region</a> </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9780877222927&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="copyright.html" onMouseOver="window.status='Web Copyright Policy';return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''" title="Web Copyright Policy">©</a> 2015 <a href="http://www.temple.edu" target="new" onMouseOver="window.status='Link to Temple University home page';return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''" title="Link to Temple University home page">Temple University</a>. All Rights Reserved. http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/181_reg.html</font></p>