Given the fundamental changes that transformed American society in the years between Benjamin Franklin's apprenticeship in a printer's shop and mid-19th-century efforts to organize labouring men and women, no social group offers a more interesting spectacle than skilled tradesmen or artisans. They came from various ethnic backgrounds (some worked in slavery), took their religion and politics seriously, lived mostly in cities but also in the countryside, and in many cases became pillars of their communities. This book examines the role of artisans in the American economy and society in the 18th and 19th centuries. Going beyond the traditional story of the decline of journeyman status, it explores a variety of themes loosely centred around opportunities in the developing economy. Indeed, many of these essays explore entrepreneurial ideals among many artisans competing in the marketplace. This collection also examines the interaction of race and the artisan economy in southern cities. It traces the economic relationships from father to son or between merchant and artisan, and explores the culture and politics of artisans, including religion, third-party politics, and the interaction of gender and reform.
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"A more complete range of artisans than ever before, from rural white tanners on Maryland's Eastern Shore to enslaved blacksmiths in Virginia's capital to a Washington, D.C., foreman who earned the respect of workers without ever joining their union.
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IN 1723 A SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD apprentice in Boston broke his solemn agreement with his master and ran away. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
upcountry acres, spavined ministers, craft dynasties, artisanal slaves, occupational portraits, white journeymen, artisanal societies, popular bloc, migrant artisans, artisanal independence, artisanal republicanism, northern artisans, slaveholding world, artisanal identity, artisanal values, slave artisans, tax digests, free black artisans, artisanal community, twelve great livery companies, craft hierarchy, slave craftsmen, white artisans, skilled slaves, apprenticeship indentures Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Fall River, Kent County, New England, American Revolution, United States, Mechanics Association, John Russell, Columbia Typographical Society, Odd Fellows, Revolutionary Baltimore, Armistead Russell, Duff Green, Baltimore Town, Chatham County, Lying Toothpullers, National Intelligencer, William Moore, Bay State, Free Soilers, National Museum of American History, Richmond County, Simon Hewitt, Anderson Barrett, Courtesy of The New-York Historical Society New!
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upcountry acres, spavined ministers, craft dynasties, artisanal slaves, occupational portraits, white journeymen, artisanal societies, popular bloc, migrant artisans, artisanal independence, artisanal republicanism, northern artisans, slaveholding world, artisanal identity, artisanal values, slave artisans, tax digests, free black artisans, artisanal community, twelve great livery companies, craft hierarchy, slave craftsmen, white artisans, skilled slaves, apprenticeship indentures Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Fall River, Kent County, New England, American Revolution, United States, Mechanics Association, John Russell, Columbia Typographical Society, Odd Fellows, Revolutionary Baltimore, Armistead Russell, Duff Green, Baltimore Town, Chatham County, Lying Toothpullers, National Intelligencer, William Moore, Bay State, Free Soilers, National Museum of American History, Richmond County, Simon Hewitt, Anderson Barrett, Courtesy of The New-York Historical Society New!
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- Class and Community: The Industrial Revolution in Lynn by Alan Dawley on 5 pages
- Artisans into Workers: LABOR IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA (American Century Series) by Bruce Laurie on 4 pages
- The Craft Apprentice: From Franklin to the Machine Age in America by W.J. Rorabaugh on 4 pages
- City of Women: Sex and Class in New York, 1789-1860 by Christine Stansell on 4 pages
- Making of the English Working Class by E.P. Thompson in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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