Some Degree of Power: Preindustrial American Printing Trades, 1778-1815

Type

Book

Authors

LAUSE MARK

Mark Lause

ISBN 10

1557281858

ISBN 13

9781557281852

Tags

Labor & Industrial Relations, Psychology & Counseling, United States

Description

Earlier historians have generally believed that this period in American history lacked significant trade union activity, but Lause demonstrates that post-Revolutionary printers not only formed their own local trade associations, but were part of a larger network that connected printers, cobblers, tailors, and other skilled workers into associations that supported and protected their societies and also shaped their ideology. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. - from Amzon

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