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Worker City, Company Town: Iron and Cotton-Worker Protest in Troy and Cohoes, New York, 1855-84
by WALKOWITZ, Daniel J
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0252006674
- ISBN 13
- 9780252006678
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1978. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Octavo. xv, (2), 292pp. Charcoal cloth. Illustrated with maps and tables. Fine in a very good dustwrapper with spine ends and corners nicked. "Examines the differences in two upstate New York communities and assesses the effects of each milieu on the process of social transformation.
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- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 357455
- Title
- Worker City, Company Town: Iron and Cotton-Worker Protest in Troy and Cohoes, New York, 1855-84
- Author
- WALKOWITZ, Daniel J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0252006674
- ISBN 13
- 9780252006678
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Place of Publication
- Urbana
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- History, Americana, Sociology, NYCinterest
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
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About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Gloucester City, New Jersey
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.
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