03266nam 2200649Ia 450 991078097540332120230725041606.00-8147-5254-30-8147-5348-51-4416-3665-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 centuryClerksHistory305.5/56Luskey Brian P1562915MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780975403321On the make3830926UNINA