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Author Luskey, Brian P.

Title On the make : clerks and the quest for capital in nineteenth-century America / Brian P. Luskey.

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 278 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series American history and culture
American history and culture (New York University Press)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: puzzled about identity -- What is my prospects? -- The humble laborer in the white collar -- Homo counter-jumperii -- Striving for citizenship -- The republic of broadcloth -- The Swedish Nightingale and the peeping Tom -- Conclusion: once more, free.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Clerks -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Clerks.
United States.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject United States -- Commerce -- History -- 19th century.
Commerce.
Chronological Term 1800 - 1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Luskey, Brian P. On the make. New York : New York University Press, ©2010 9780814752289 (DLC) 2009026862 (OCoLC)326466154
ISBN 9781441636652 (electronic book)
144163665X (electronic book)
9780814752548
0814752543
9780814752289 (cl ; alkaline paper)
0814752284 (cl ; alkaline paper)