Common Labor: Workers and the Digging of North American Canals, 1780-1860 by Way, Peter - 1997-01-30

Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Johns Hopkins University Press. New. 1997. First Edition. Paperback. 0801855225 . This specific paperback book is in new condition with a cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; "Canal construction played a significant role in the rise of industrial America opening up new markets, employing an army of workers, and initiating the ties between capital and government that remain important to this day. The work went forward using simple tools and the brute strength of men and animals, with diggers working twelve-hour days and suffering the ravages of disease and injury. In this highly acclaimed study, Peter Way challenges conventional views of the part these workers played in the early republic and of the culture they created. Increasingly made up of Irish immigrants, Way explains, the work force was housed in… Read More

Johns Hopkins University Press:, 1997. 304 pages with 18 Tables. "Canal construction played a significant role in the rise of industrial America- opening up new markets, employing an army of workers, and building ties between capital and government that remain important to this day. The author focuses on the part canal workers played in the early republic and on the culture they created." FINE- SOFTCOVER, lower corner of front cover creased, else fine.. Soft Cover. Fine-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997-01-30. Reprint. paperback. Used: Good.

Paperback / softback. New. Common Labour traces a dark picture of powerlessness, depravity, and rage in the lives of America's canal diggers.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 1997. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 304 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. Common Labour traces a dark picture of powerlessness, depravity, and rage in the lives of America's canal diggers.

Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997-01-29. paperback. New. 6x0x9.

Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 1997. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 304 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches.