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Getting Work: Philadelphia, 1840-1950

by Walter Licht
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Synopsis

"An engagingly written, thorough examination of the . . . day-to-day working of the labor market."—Journal of Economic History

About the Author, Walter Licht

Walter Licht is Professor of History and Associate Dean at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Working for the Railroad: The Organization of Work in the Nineteenth Century (recipient of the Philip Taft Labor History Prize), Industrializing America: The Nineteenth Century, and coauthor of Work Sights: Industrial Philadelphia, 1890-1950.

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Book Details

Published
March 1, 2000
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780812217193

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