Bibliograph

Working in America, an eyewitness history, Catherine Reef

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Working in America, an eyewitness history, Catherine Reef

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 382-402) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Working in America

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

43296593

Responsibility statement

Catherine Reef

Series statement

Facts on File library of American history

Sub title

an eyewitness history

Table Of Contents

The yeoman farmer: 1783-1900 -- The role of enslaved workers: 1619-1865 -- The factory system emerges: 1733-1865 -- Building a transportation network: 1794-1900 -- The mining frontier: 1719-1900 -- Industry in the Gilded Age: 1870-1914 -- Labor organizes: 1788-1918 -- The cowboy: 1840-1886 -- The movement to end child labor: 1875-1924 -- The Great Depression: 1929-1941 -- The labor movement in growth and decline: 1917-1999 -- African Americans seek equality in the workplace: 1865-1996 -- The changing role of women: 1776-1999 -- The American worker faces the future: 1946-1999 -- Appendix A: Documents -- Appendix B: Biographies of major personalities -- Appendix C: Maps

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