On the make
Subtitle: clerks and the quest for capital in nineteenth-century America
By: Brian P. Luskey.
Series: American history and culture
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780814752289
Subjects: Clerks -- United States -- History -- 19th century; United States -- Commerce -- History -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: puzzled about identity; title: What is my prospects?; title: The humble laborer in the white collar; title: Homo counter-jumperii; title: Striving for citizenship; title: The republic of broadcloth; title: The Swedish Nightingale and the Peeping Tom; title: Conclusion: once more, free.