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American Exceptionalism, American Anxiety: Wages, Competition and Degraded Labor in the Antebellum United States
Jonathan A. Glickstein
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Hardcover. An examination of the supposed role of poverty, the fear of poverty and other negative work incentives in the era of early industrial capitalism and escalating sectional conflict over slavery. This text examines a wide spectrum of antebellum American thought on these and related issues. Num Pages: 384 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; KCF; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 748.
The mythology of nineteenth-century American economic exceptionalism trumpeted the positive work incentives prevailing in a society of scarce labor, weak class barriers, and abundant opportunity. This ideology agreed with the optimistic vein of political economy, in which high wages went hand in hand with increased productivity. What, then, was the supposed role of poverty, the fear of poverty, and other ""negative"" work incentives in the era of early industrial capitalism and escalating sectional conflict over slavery? American Exceptionalism, American Anxiety examines a wide spectrum of antebellum American thought on these and related issues, including slavery and cheap immigrant and female ... Read more
The mythology of nineteenth-century American economic exceptionalism trumpeted the positive work incentives prevailing in a society of scarce labor, weak class barriers, and abundant opportunity. This ideology agreed with the optimistic vein of political economy, in which high wages went hand in hand with increased productivity. What, then, was the supposed role of poverty, the fear of poverty, and other ""negative"" work incentives in the era of early industrial capitalism and escalating sectional conflict over slavery? American Exceptionalism, American Anxiety examines a wide spectrum of antebellum American thought on these and related issues, including slavery and cheap immigrant and female ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Virginia Press Virginia
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813921150
SKU
V9780813921150
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About Jonathan A. Glickstein
Jonathan A. Glickstein is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the author of Concepts of Free Labor in Antebellum America.
Reviews for American Exceptionalism, American Anxiety: Wages, Competition and Degraded Labor in the Antebellum United States
A considerable scholarly and intellectual achievement, American Exceptionalism, American Anxiety addresses many of the most interesting and significant issues in antebellum historiography, among them the nature of market revolution, whiteness, slave and free labor, Thomas Haskell's concept of 'remote sympathy', and the utility of poststructuralist approaches. - Richard B. Stott, George Washington University, author of Workers in the Metropolis: Class, ... Read more