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LEADER: 02316cam a2200445 a 4500
001 2008011847
003 DLC
005 20110415084159.0
008 080313s2009 mduab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008011847
020 $a9780801890062 (alk. paper)
020 $a0801890063 (alk. paper)
020 $a9780801890079 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a0801890071 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn214322654
035 $a(OCoLC)214322654
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBTCTA$dBAKER$dYDXCP$dC#P$dBWX$dDLC
043 $an-us-md
050 00 $aHD8085.B33$bR63 2009
082 00 $a331.109752/7109034$222
100 1 $aRockman, Seth.
245 10 $aScraping by :$bwage labor, slavery, and survival in early Baltimore /$cSeth Rockman.
260 $aBaltimore :$bJohns Hopkins University Press,$c2009.
300 $axii, 368 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aStudies in early American economy and society from the Library Company of Philadelphia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [269]-347) and index.
505 0 $aComing to work in the city -- A job for a working man -- Dredging and drudgery -- A job for a working woman -- The living wage -- The hard work of being poor -- The consequence of failure -- The market's grasp.
650 0 $aLabor$zMaryland$zBaltimore$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aWages$zMaryland$zBaltimore$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aSlavery$zMaryland$zBaltimore$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aWorking class$zMaryland$zBaltimore$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$xEmployment$zMaryland$zBaltimore$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aWhites$xEmployment$zMaryland$zBaltimore$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aCapitalism$xSocial aspects$zMaryland$zBaltimore$xHistory$y19th century.
651 0 $aBaltimore (Md.)$xEconomic conditions$y19th century.
651 0 $aBaltimore (Md.)$xSocial conditions$y19th century.
651 0 $aBaltimore (Md.)$xRace relations$xHistory$y19th century.
830 0 $aStudies in early American economy and society from the Library Company of Philadelphia.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0829/2008011847-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0829/2008011847-d.html