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Author:

Gourevitch, Alexander, author.

Title:

From slavery to the cooperative commonwealth : labor and republican liberty in the nineteenth century / Alex Gourevitch, Brown University.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

x, 213 pages ; 25 cm

Subject:

Labor movement--United States--History--19th century.
Wages--United States--History--19th century.
Cooperation--United States--History--19th century.
Republicanism--United States--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : something of slavery still remains -- The paradox of slavery and freedom -- "Independent laborers by voluntary contract" : the laissez-faire republican turn -- "The sword of want" : free labor against wage labor -- Labor republicanism and the cooperative commonwealth -- Solidarity and selfishness : the political theory of the dependent classes -- Conclusion : the freedom yet to come.

ISBN:

1107663652
9781107663657
1107033179
9781107033177

OCLC:

(OCoLC)885983229

LCCN:

2014026552

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)