A social history of economic decline : business, politics, and work in Trenton /

A social history of economic decline : business, politics, and work in Trenton /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Cumbler, John T.
Imprint:New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 1989.
Description:xii, 302 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Class and culture
Subject:
Industries -- New Jersey -- Trenton -- History.
Labor -- New Jersey -- Trenton -- History.
Economic history.
Industries.
Working class.
Trenton (N.J.) -- Economic conditions.
New Jersey -- Trenton.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/952384
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ISBN:0813513731 : $40.00 (est.)
081351374X (pbk.) : $14.00 (est.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Tables
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Golden Era: Civic Capitalism
  • 3. Labor and Community
  • 4. Politics: Struggle and Reform
  • 5. Tarnishing of Gold
  • 6. Civic Capitalism to National Capitalism: 1920-1930
  • 7. Depression, War, and Recovery: 1929-1949
  • 8. Changing Work and Changing Workers
  • 9. Grasping for Solutions
  • 10. Trenton as America
  • Appendix A. The Entrepreneurs
  • Appendix B. Skilled Workers
  • Appendix C. Unskilled Workers
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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