ISBN10: 0801855225, ISBN13: 9780801855221, [publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press] Softcover few of the page corners are bent. No markings.
[Buffalo, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]

ISBN10: 0801855225, ISBN13: 9780801855221, [publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press] Softcover First Edition This specific paperback book is in new condition with a cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; "Canal construction played a significant role in the rise of industrial America opening up new markets, employing an army of workers, and initiating the ties between capital and government that remain important to this day. The work went forward using simple tools and the brute strength of men and animals, with diggers working twelve-hour days and suffering the ravages of disease and injury. In this highly acclaimed study, Peter Way challenges conventional views of the part these workers played in the early republic and of the culture they created. Increasingly made up of Irish immigrants, Way explains, the work force was housed in shanty towns hastily thrown up along the path of canal construction. Unlike the vibrant, proud working-class communities so beloved in labor history, these towns were the scene of considerable off-hours vice and violence. As wages fell throughout the 1830s, workers' discontent mounted to the point where riots were frequent and militia units often descended on the towns to enforce order. Common Labour traces a dark picture of powerlessness, ...
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Johns Hopkins University Press: 1997 Revised ed. Soft Cover Fine- 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 304 pages with 18 Tables. "Canal construction played a significant role in the rise of industrial America-opening up new markets, employing an army of workers, and building ties between capital and government that remain important to this day. The author focuses on the part canal workers played in the early republic and on the culture they created." FINE-SOFTCOVER, lower corner of front cover creased, else fine.

ISBN10: 0801855225, ISBN13: 9780801855221, [publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore] Softcover Illustrated with a black-and-white map. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. No names or interior marks. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation. Very good + condition. The paperback edition was first printed in 1997.; Black-and-white map; 8vo.; xvii, 304 pages
[Lexington, KY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]

Johns Hopkins University Press 1997 First Edition Paperback New 0801855225. This specific paperback book is in new condition with a cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; "Canal construction played a significant role in the rise of industrial America opening up new markets, employing an army of workers, and initiating the ties between capital and government that remain important to this day. The work went forward using simple tools and the brute strength of men and animals, with diggers working twelve-hour days and suffering the ravages of disease and injury. In this highly acclaimed study, Peter Way challenges conventional views of the part these workers played in the early republic and of the culture they created. Increasingly made up of Irish immigrants, Way explains, the work force was housed in shanty towns hastily thrown up along the path of canal construction. Unlike the vibrant, proud working-class communities so beloved in labor history, these towns were the scene of considerable off-hours vice and violence. As wages fell throughout the 1830s, workers' discontent mounted to the point where riots were frequent and militia units often descended on the towns to enforce order. Common Labour traces a dark picture of powerlessness, depravity, and rage in the lives of America's canal ...

ISBN10: 0801855225, ISBN13: 9780801855221, [publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press] Softcover Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting.
[Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]

ISBN10: 0801855225, ISBN13: 9780801855221, [publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press] Softcover Very Good condition. Shows only minor signs of wear, and very minimal markings inside (if any).
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ISBN10: 0801855225, ISBN13: 9780801855221, [publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press] Softcover Book is in NEW condition.
[Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]

Johns Hopkins University Press, Date: 1997-01-30. Reprint. paperback. Used:Good. 1997. Johns Hopkins University Press ISBN 0801855225 9780801855221 [US]

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[Denver, CO, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]

Paperback / softback. New. Common Labour traces a dark picture of powerlessness, depravity, and rage in the lives of America's canal diggers. ISBN 0801855225 9780801855221 [GB]

ISBN10: 0801855225, ISBN13: 9780801855221, [publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr] Softcover reprint edition. 304 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.
[Exeter, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1997]

Johns Hopkins University Press, Date: 1997-01-29. paperback. New. 6x0x9. 1997. Johns Hopkins University Press ISBN 0801855225 9780801855221 [US]

Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, Date: 1997. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 304 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. 1997. Johns Hopkins Univ Pr ISBN 0801855225 9780801855221 [GB]

JHUP, Date: 1997-01-30. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1997. JHUP ISBN 0801855225 9780801855221 [US]

ISBN10: 0801855225, ISBN13: 9780801855221, [publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press] Softcover New
[Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]

ISBN10: 0801855225, ISBN13: 9780801855221, [publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press] Softcover New trade pbk.; crisp, clean.
[Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]