Working on the dock of the bay : labor and enterprise in an antebellum Southern port /
Thompson, Michael D.
Working on the dock of the bay : labor and enterprise in an antebellum Southern port / Michael D. Thompson. - Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
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 Competition -- Postscript -- 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.
Working on the Dock of the Bay explores the history of waterfront labor and laborers --
9781611174755
2014044829
Stevedores--History--South Carolina--Charleston--19th century.
African American stevedores--History--South Carolina--Charleston--19th century.
Labor--History--South Carolina--Charleston--19th century.
Electronic Books.
HD8039 / .W675 2015
Working on the dock of the bay : labor and enterprise in an antebellum Southern port / Michael D. Thompson. - Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
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 Competition -- Postscript -- 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.
Working on the Dock of the Bay explores the history of waterfront labor and laborers --
9781611174755
2014044829
Stevedores--History--South Carolina--Charleston--19th century.
African American stevedores--History--South Carolina--Charleston--19th century.
Labor--History--South Carolina--Charleston--19th century.
Electronic Books.
HD8039 / .W675 2015