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Light: Working For The Railroad – The Organization Of Work In The Nineteenth Century Paper Only (Princeton Legacy Library) - Softcover

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9780691102214: Light: Working For The Railroad – The Organization Of Work In The Nineteenth Century Paper Only (Princeton Legacy Library)

Synopsis

Walter Licht chronicles the working and personal lives of the first two generations of American railwaymen, the first workers in America to enter large-scale, bureaucratically managed, corporately owned work organizations.

Originally published in 1983.

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About the Author

Walter Licht is professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of "Working for the Railroad: The Organization of Work in the Nineteenth Century, Work Sights: Industrial Philadelphia, 1890-1950", and "Getting Work: Philadelphia, 1840-1950". "The American Moment".Stanley I. Kutler, Series Editor.

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Includes index.

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