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Working in America (American Experience (Facts on File))
Catherine Reef
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Description for Working in America (American Experience (Facts on File))
Hardcover. Tracing US labor history, this book relates social history as well - from slavery and expansion in the West to child labor laws and equal rights for women and minorities. It also includes chronologies of important events, along with eyewitness testimonies on the experience of working in a wide range of professions and trades. Num Pages: 512 pages, black-&-white photographs & illustrations, maps, graphs, & tables, index, bibliography, g. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; KCF; KCZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1388.
From colonial times to today, the destiny of the United States has been inextricably linked to its workforce. The Puritan work ethic - the belief that hard work helps to secure one's future status in heaven - provided a context for the millions of Americans who labored to build the country from an agriculturally based colony to an industrial sovereign nation. By tracing U.S. labor history, ""Working in America"" relates social history as well - from slavery and expansion in the West to child labor laws and equal rights for women and minorities. This revised edition adds more detail and ... Read more
From colonial times to today, the destiny of the United States has been inextricably linked to its workforce. The Puritan work ethic - the belief that hard work helps to secure one's future status in heaven - provided a context for the millions of Americans who labored to build the country from an agriculturally based colony to an industrial sovereign nation. By tracing U.S. labor history, ""Working in America"" relates social history as well - from slavery and expansion in the West to child labor laws and equal rights for women and minorities. This revised edition adds more detail and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Facts on File
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780816062393
SKU
V9780816062393
Shipping Time
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99-3
About Catherine Reef
Catherine Reef holds a B.A. in English from Washington State University, where she also did graduate work. She is the author of 35 books, including Facts On File's Black Explorers (selected by the New York Public Library as a ""1997 Book for the Teen Age""), Africans in America (selected by the NYPL as a ""2000 Book for the Teen Age""), ... Read more
Reviews for Working in America (American Experience (Facts on File))
...an understandable and interesting survey of an important aspect of the American experience...suitable for students at the high school and beginning college levels. - Choice