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Author Rockman, Seth.

Title Scraping by : wage labor, slavery, and survival in early Baltimore / Seth Rockman.

Publication Info. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
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 Moore Stacks  HD8085.B33 R63 2009    Available  ---
Description xii, 368 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Series Studies in early American economy and society from the Library Company of Philadelphia
Studies in early American economy and society from the Library Company of Philadelphia.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-347) and index.
Contents Coming to work in the city -- A job for a working man -- Dredging and drudgery -- A job for a working woman -- The living wage -- The hard work of being poor -- The consequence of failure -- The market's grasp.
Subject Labor -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- History -- 19th century.
Labor.
Maryland -- Baltimore.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Wages -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- History -- 19th century.
Wages.
Slavery -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- History -- 19th century.
Slavery.
Working class -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- History -- 19th century.
Working class.
African Americans -- Employment -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- History -- 19th century.
African Americans -- Employment.
White people -- Employment -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- History -- 19th century.
White people -- Employment.
White people.
Capitalism -- Social aspects -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- History -- 19th century.
Capitalism -- Social aspects.
Baltimore (Md.) -- Economic conditions -- 19th century.
Baltimore (Md.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Baltimore (Md.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
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