Law, labor, and ideology in the early American republic
By: Christopher L. Tomlins.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Cambridge [England]; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 406
Subjects: Labor laws and legislation -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Industrial relations -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Description: This book presents a fundamental reinterpretation of law and politics in America between 1790 and 1850, the crucial period of the Republic's early growth and its movement toward industrialism. It is the most detailed study yet available of the intellectual and institutional processes that created the foundation categories framing all the basic legal relationships involving working people.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.