LEADER 03490oam 22005534a 450 001 9910827805103321 005 20230526185146.0 010 $a1-4798-0057-0 024 7 $a10.18574/9781479800575 035 $a(CKB)4100000010349547 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6118576 035 $a(DE-B1597)550571 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781479800575 035 $a(OCoLC)1141663155 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse86837 035 $a(OCoLC)1142517213 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010349547 100 $a20121005d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aNew York City Cartmen, 1667-1850$fGraham Russell Gao Hodges 205 $aRev. ed. 210 1$aNew York :$cNew York University Press,$d2012. 210 3$aBaltimore, Md. :$cProject MUSE,$d2021 210 4$dİ2012. 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 231 pages) $cillustrations 225 0 $aThe American social experience series ;$v4 311 $a0-8147-2461-2 327 $aThe London cartmen -- Creation of the bond in New York City, 1667-1700 -- Affirmation of the bond, 1700-1745 -- Expansion and prosperity, 1745-1760 -- The cartmen in the era of revolution, 1760-1783 -- The postwar years, 1783-1788 -- The cartmen organize, 1789-1795 -- Problems with politics, 1795-1801 -- Creating security within the municipal government, 1801-1818 -- Political consolidation and challenge, 1818-1835 -- The world of Isaac Lyon : continuity and change, 1835-1845. 330 $aThe cartmen?unskilled workers who hauled goods on one horsecarts?were perhaps the most important labor group in early American cities. The forerunners of the Teamsters Union, these white-frocked laborers moved almost all of the nation?s possessions, touching the lives of virtually every American. New York City Cartmen, 1667?1850 tells the story of this vital group of laborers. Besides documenting the cartmen?s history, the book also demonstrates the tremendous impact of government intervention into the American economy via the creation of labor laws.The cartmen possessed a hard-nosed political awareness, and because they transported essential goods, they achieved a status in New York City far above their skills or financial worth. Civic support and discrimination helped the cartmen create a community all their own. The cartmen's culture and their relationship with New York's municipal government are the direct ancestors of the city's fabled taxicab drivers.But this book is about the city itself. It is a stirring street-level account of the growth of New York, growth made possible by the efforts of the cartmen and other unskilled laborers. Containing 23 black-and-white illustrations, New York City Cartmen is informative reading for social, urban, and labor historians. 606 $aTeamsters$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01144698 606 $aTeamsters$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory 607 $aNew York (State)$zNew York$2fast 607 $aNew York (N.Y.)$xHistory$y1775-1865 607 $aNew York (N.Y.)$xHistory$yColonial period, ca. 1600-1775 608 $aHistory. 615 7$aTeamsters. 615 0$aTeamsters$xHistory. 676 $a974.7102 700 $aHodges$b Graham Russell$f1946-$01630189 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827805103321 996 $aNew York City Cartmen, 1667-1850$93991714 997 $aUNINA