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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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Pubblicazione: | Columbia, South Carolina : , : The University of South Carolina Press, , 2015 |
©2015 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
Disciplina: | 331.7/6138710975791509034 |
Soggetto topico: | Stevedores - South Carolina - Charleston - History - 19th century |
African American stevedores - South Carolina - Charleston - History - 19th century | |
Labor - South Carolina - Charleston - History - 19th century | |
Soggetto geografico: | Charleston (S.C.) Race relations History 19th century |
Charleston (S.C.) Economic conditions 19th century | |
Charleston (S.C.) Social conditions 19th century | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 | |
Sommario/riassunto: | An examination of the role and struggles of enslaved dock workers shortly after emancipation |
Titolo autorizzato: | Working on the dock of the bay ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-61117-857-6 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910463408703321 |
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