Men is cheap : exposing the frauds of free labor in Civil War America / Brian P. Luskey.
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TextSeries: Civil War America (Series)Publisher: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2020]Description: 1 online resource (279 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781469654348
- 1469654342
- 9781469654331
- 1469654334
- Working class -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Labor -- Social aspects -- United States
- Employment agencies -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Capitalism -- Social aspects -- United States
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc
- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Public opinion
- Travailleurs -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Travail -- Aspect social -- États-Unis
- Bureaux de placement -- Aspect social -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) -- Recrutement
- États-Unis -- Conditions sociales -- 19e siècle
- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) -- Opinion publique
- HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- Capitalism -- Social aspects
- Labor -- Social aspects
- Public opinion
- Social conditions
- Working class
- United States
- American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)
- 1800-1899
- 331.10973/09034 23
- HD8070 .L79 2020
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Black republican -- Bargains worse than fraudulent -- Capital in self -- Worthy of his hire -- The draft, popularized -- A great social problem.
"Men Is Cheap shows how the concepts of military and domestic necessity were connected in white northerners' minds and clarifies what they thought the war was fought over. In the process of winning the war, white northerners were forced to grapple with the frauds of free labor. Labor brokers, by helping to staff the Union military and Yankee households, did indispensable work that helped the northern state and northern employers emerge victorious"-- Provided by publisher
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