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

By:

Thompson, Michael D [Author]

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online resource

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9781611174755

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HD8039 .W675 2015

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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.

Subject: Working on the Dock of the Bay explores the history of waterfront labor and laborers --

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Working on the Dock of the Bay explores the history of waterfront labor and laborers --

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.

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