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Autore |
Thompson Michael D. |
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Titolo |
Working on the dock of the bay : labor and enterprise in an antebellum Southern port / / Michael D. Thompson |
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Columbia, South Carolina : , : The University of South Carolina Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (313 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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331.7/6138710975791509034 |
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Soggetti |
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Stevedores - South Carolina - Charleston - History - 19th century |
African American stevedores - South Carolina - Charleston - History - 19th century |
Labor - South Carolina - Charleston - History - 19th century |
Electronic books. |
Charleston (S.C.) Race relations History 19th century |
Charleston (S.C.) Economic conditions 19th century |
Charleston (S.C.) Social conditions 19th century |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; One. "Using violent exercise in warm weather": The Waterfront Labor Experience and Environment; Two. "This very troublesome business": Actions, Reactions, and the Pursuit of Mastery; Three. "Improper assemblies & conspiracies": The Advantageous Enticements of Wharf Labor; Four. "Laborers from abroad have come to take their places": The Racial and Ethnic Transformation of the Waterfront Workforce |
Five. "The unacclimated stranger should be positively prohibited": Comparative Disease Susceptibility and Waterfront Labor CompetitionPostscript; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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An examination of the role and struggles of enslaved dock workers shortly after emancipation |
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