Government and Labor in Early America

Richard B. Morris

Published by Columbia University Press, 1947

About this Item

Second printing, 1947. Brick-colored cloth covered boards with title stamped in gilt and black on spine. Previous owner's name on front pastedown, else internally clean. Dust jacket has a small split near the upper hinge of the front panel; spine a bit toned; moderate general soiling; price clipped; in an archival mylar sleeve. xvi + 557 pages. An original and comprehensive work which discusses the legal and social status of free and bound labor in colonial days. It is highly systematic , paying thorough attention to regional differences and the various kinds of governmental authority, and it carefully examines such particulars as maritime labor, armed services, public services, and other subdivisions. The author, Richard B. Morris (1904-1989), was a pre-eminent Colonial and American constitutional historian and chairman of the history department at Columbia University, whose faculty he joined in 1946 following the publication of Government and Labor in Early America. He also served as the president of the American Historical Association in 1976. Seller Inventory # 015713

Bibliographic Details

Title: Government and Labor in Early America

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Publication Date: 1947

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good