Some degree of power: from hired hand to union craftsman in the preindustrial american printing trade, 1778-1815
Auteur :
Lause, Mark
Éditeur :
Lause, Mark
ISBN :
9781557281852
Date de publication :
15 juin 1991
Dimensions :
23,9 x 14,4 x 2,6 cm
Poids :
572 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Earlier historians have generally believed that this period in American history lacked significant trade union activity, but Lause demonstrates that post-Revolutionary printers not only formed their own local trade associations, but were part of a larger network that connected printers, cobblers, tailors, and other skilled workers into associations