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Contributing to US labor history, 11 essays from an October 1990 conference in Silver Spring, Maryland, discuss the experience and conditions of artisans from the perspectives of the southern experience, class and politics, biography, and iconographic interpretations. Among the topics are craft dynasties in 18th-century Maryland, the struggle for a 10-hour workday, alternative communities and the evangelical appeal, and working-class occupational portraits. Paper edition (unseen), $16.95. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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""A more complete range of artisans than ever before, from rural white tanners on Maryland's Eastern Shore to enslaved blacksmiths in Virginia's capital to a Washington, D.C., foreman who earned the respect of workers without ever joining their union." -- Journal of Southern History
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- PublisherThe Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0801850290
- ISBN 13 9780801850295
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages272
- EditorRock Professor Howard B., Gilje Professor Paul A., Asher Professor Robert
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