The Clerk's Tale: Young Men and Moral Life in Nineteenth-Century America
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Thousands of men left their families for the bustling cities of nineteenth-century America, where many of them found work as clerks. The Clerk's Tale recounts their remarkable story, describing the struggle of aspiring businessmen to come of age at the dawn of the modern era. How did these young men understand the volatile world of American capitalism and make sense of their place within it? Thomas Augst follows clerks as they made...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0226032205
ISBN13:9780226032207
Release Date:November 2003
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Length:321 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.9" x 9.3"
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