Working on the dock of the bay : labor and enterprise in an antebellum Southern port / / Michael D. Thompson

• Autore: Thompson Michael D.
• 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
• 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.: 9910788019903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II