Working People of Philadelphia, 1800-1850 /
Bruce Laurie.
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Introduction -- Part one. The work setting, 1800-1850 -- The sources of industrial diversity -- Part two. The forging of working-class cultures, 1820-1837 -- Revivalists: the militias of Christ -- Traditionalists: "the boys of pleasure" -- Radicals: Thomas Paine's progeny -- "We are all day laborers": the General Trades' Union of the City and County of Philadelphia, 1833-1837 -- Part three. Hard times, 1837-1844 -- "The uses of adversity" -- Part four. Years of discord, 1845-1850 -- Workers at bay -- Varieties of radicalism -- Part five. Epilogue -- Radicalism united and divided.
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Working class. Social conditions HISTORY--United States--19th Century. Travailleurs--Histoire--Pennsylvanie--Philadelphie--19e siecle. Working class--History--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--19th century.
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia. Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social conditions.