Natives and Newcomers: The Ordering of Opportunity in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Poughkeepsie

by Clyde Griffen and Sally Griffen

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This important contribution to the literature on mobility in nineteenth-century America examines with a fine microscope the world of work in Poughkeepsie, New York. The careers of all workers in each occupation--the entire labor force in this city with an 1870 population of 20,000--are traced over three decades. The book clarifies for the first time in any mobility study the meaning of shifts in employment through detailed examination of individual...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0674603257

ISBN13:9780674603257

Release Date:May 1978

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:320 Pages

Weight:1.45 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.5" x 9.6"

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