03300nam 2200661Ia 450 991045656180332120200520144314.00-8147-5254-30-8147-5348-51-4416-3665-X10.18574/9780814753484(CKB)2520000000007945(EBL)865671(OCoLC)779828174(SSID)ssj0000341096(PQKBManifestationID)11226716(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000341096(PQKBWorkID)10388830(PQKB)11283626(StDuBDS)EDZ0001323648(MiAaPQ)EBC865671(OCoLC)859670287(MdBmJHUP)muse4858(DE-B1597)548427(DE-B1597)9780814753484(Au-PeEL)EBL865671(CaPaEBR)ebr10356702(EXLCZ)99252000000000794520090710d2010 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrOn the make[electronic resource] clerks and the quest for capital in nineteenth-century America /Brian P. LuskeyNew York New York University Press20101 online resource (289 p.)American history and cultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-8147-5310-8 0-8147-5228-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 What Is My Prospects? -- 2 The Humble Laborer in the White Collar -- 3 Homo Counter-Jumperii -- 4 Striving for Citizenship -- 5 The Republic of Broadcloth -- 6 The Swedish Nightingale and the Peeping Tom -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author In the bustling cities of the mid-nineteenth-century Northeast, young male clerks working in commercial offices and stores were on the make, persistently seeking wealth, respect, and self-gratification. Yet these strivers and "counter jumpers" discovered that claiming the identities of independent men—while making sense of a volatile capitalist economy and fluid urban society—was fraught with uncertainty. In On the Make, Brian P. Luskey illuminates at once the power of the ideology of self-making and the important contests over the meanings of respectability, manhood, and citizenship that helped to determine who clerks were and who they would become. Drawing from a rich array of archival materials, including clerks’ diaries, newspapers, credit reports, census data, advice literature, and fiction, Luskey argues that a better understanding of clerks and clerking helps make sense of the culture of capitalism and the society it shaped in this pivotal era.American history and culture.ClerksUnited StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesCommerceHistory19th centuryElectronic books.ClerksHistory305.5/56Luskey Brian P1046672MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456561803321On the make2473755UNINA