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Common Labor : Workers and the Digging of North American Canals, 1780-1860
Common Labor Workers and the Digging of North American Canals 17801860
Author: Peter Way
Canal construction played a significant role in the rise of industrial America opening up new markets, employing an army of workers, and initiating the ties between capital and government that remain important to this day. The work went forward using simple tools and the brute strength of men and animals, with diggers working twelve-hour days an...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780801855221
ISBN-10: 0801855225
Publication Date: 1/2/1997
Pages: 304
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Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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