Unprotected Labor: Household Workers, Politics, and Middle-class Reform in New York, 1870-1940 0807834777, 9780807834770

Through an analysis of women's reform, domestic worker activism, and cultural values attached to public and private

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Unprotected Labor: Household Workers, Politics, and Middle-class Reform in New York, 1870-1940
0807834777, 9780807834770

New York City boasts a higher rate of unionization than any other major U.S. city—roughly double the national average—bu

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During the Progressive Era, reform candidates in New York, Cleveland, and Chicago challenged the status quo--with striki

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When Charles Evans Hughes defeated William Randolph Hearst for the governorship of New York in 1906, the New York State

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City of Workers, City of Struggle brings together essays by leading historians of New York and a wealth of illustrations

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At Work in Homes presents a global perspective on household work and those workers who are recruited to perform a variet

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By illuminating the everyday experiences of city workers, he shows that the culture emerging in the 1850s was a culture

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First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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During the early twentieth century, a diverse group of African American women carved out unique niches for themselves wi

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In the Sudan, native Sudanese slaves served Sudanese masters until the region was conquered by the Turks, who practiced

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La megalópolis de nuestros días, la ciudad de las ciudades, la ciudad que nunca duerme, Nueva York, es el hogar de este

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