Artisan workers in the Upper South: Petersburg, Virginia, 1820-1865
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1. Verfasser: Barnes, L. Diane (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Press 2008
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-243) and index
"A great deal of enterprise, and a great deal of dirt" : the rise of a southern industrial town -- "All of one family, like brethren" : the Petersburg Benevolent Mechanic Association -- Artisans caught in the middle : White workers in Petersburg -- The paradox of freedom : Black artisans in Petersburg -- Tobacco and iron : the foundations of industrial slavery -- Between class and caste : the culture of southern antebellum artisans -- Epilogue : and then the war came
Though deeply entrenched in antebellum life, the artisans who lived and worked in Petersburg, Virginia in the 1800sincluding carpenters, blacksmiths, coach makers, bakers, and other skilled craftsmenhelped transform their planter-centered agricultural community into one of the most industrialized cities in the Upper South. These mechanics, as the artisans called themselves, successfully lobbied for new railroad lines and other amenities they needed to open their factories and shops, and turned a town whose livelihood once depended almost entirely on tobacco exports into a bustling modern city
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 253 pages)
ISBN:0807134198
9780807133132
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