num_pages: 426
description: Workers On the Edge tells the dramatic and often tumultuous story of 100 years of American life. The author takes us from Cincinnati’s artisan workshops to the modern machine age; from the optimistic promises of republicanism to the harsh realities of industrial capitalism. In so doing, Ross explains how American workers came to understand their role in American society and suggests the reasons why Americans today think of their nation as a classless society.
language: English
title: Workers on the Edge: Work, Leisure, and Politics in Industrializing Cincinnati, 1788-1890
titlecomplete: Workers on the Edge: Work, Leisure, and Politics in Industrializing Cincinnati, 1788-1890 (Columbia History of Urban Life)
genres: History
ratings_count: 14
publisher: Columbia Univ Pr