American Artisans Crafting Society Identity, 1750-1850 |
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| Editor:
| Rock, Howard B.
Gilje, Paul A.
Asher, Robert |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8018-5030-1 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 1995 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $28.00 |
Book Description:
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Given the fundamental changes that transformed American society in the years between Benjamin Franklin's apprenticeship in a printer's shop and mid-19th-century efforts to organize labouring men and women, no social group offers a more interesting spectacle than skilled tradesmen or artisans. They came from various ethnic backgrounds (some worked ......
Given the fundamental changes that transformed American society in the years between Benjamin Franklin's apprenticeship in a printer's shop and mid-19th-century efforts to organize labouring men and women, no social group offers a more interesting spectacle than skilled tradesmen or artisans. They came from various ethnic backgrounds (some worked ......