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Author:

Thompson, Michael D., author.

Title:

Working on the dock of the bay : labor and enterprise in an Antebellum Southern port / Michael D. Thompson.

Publisher:

University of South Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

x, 284 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm

Subject:

Stevedores--Charleston--Charleston--History--19th century.
African American stevedores--Charleston--Charleston--History--19th century.
Labor--Charleston--Charleston--History--19th century.
Charleston (S.C.)--History--History--19th century.
Charleston (S.C.)--Economic conditions--19th century.
Charleston (S.C.)--Social conditions--19th century.
African American stevedores.
Economic history.
Labor.
Race relations.
Social history.
Stevedores.
South Carolina--Charleston.
1800 - 1899
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1611174740
9781611174748

OCLC:

(OCoLC)893455817

LCCN:

2014044829

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)