On the make [[electronic resource] ] : clerks and the quest for capital in nineteenth-century America / / Brian P. Luskey
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| Autore: |
Luskey Brian P
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| Titolo: |
On the make [[electronic resource] ] : clerks and the quest for capital in nineteenth-century America / / Brian P. Luskey
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : New York University Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.5/56 |
| Soggetto topico: | Clerks - United States - History - 19th century |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Commerce History 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: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | On the make |
| ISBN: | 0-8147-5254-3 |
| 0-8147-5348-5 | |
| 1-4416-3665-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910456561803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
American history and culture.