Some Degree of Power: from Hired Hand to Union Craftsman in the Preindustrial American Printing Trades, 1778-1815 - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Lause, Mark A.

ISBN 10: 1557281858 / ISBN 13: 9781557281852

Edité par The University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville, 1991

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An unblemished first Printing of the First Edition in an equally Fine dust-jacket; This book tells the story of printers and printers' unions in the American printing trades from the 1700s to the early 1800s. The author, Mark A. Lause, uses a variety of sources, including newspapers, legislative documents, trade journals, and autobiographies, to paint a vivid picture of the workers and their struggles. Lause provides readers with a detailed look at how printers and printers' unions helped to shape American society and economy.; 8vo; 261 pages.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Some Degree of Power: from Hired Hand to Union Craftsman in the Preindustrial American Printing Trades, 1778-1815 - 1st Edition/1st Printing
• Éditeur: The University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville
• Date de parution: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1557281858
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781557281852
• Reliure: Cloth
• Édition: First Edition; First Printing.
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Fine

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Synopsis

Louse argues that the printers, who organized to combat their immediate concerns, were also part of a larger network connecting other skilled workers into associations that not only supported their societies but also helped to shape their ideology.