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The working class in New York City was remade in the mid-nineteenth century. In the 1820s a substantial majority of city artisans were native-born; by the 1850s three-quarters of the city's laboring men and women were immigrants. How did the influx of this large group of young adults affect the city's working class? What determined the texture...

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"This is one of the most important works I have read on working-class life. It will be widely read, praised, and debated." -- Elliott J. Gorn, Miami University

Getting Paid

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      Publisher: Cornell University Press
      Publication Date: 19/12/1989
      ISBN13: 9780801495984, 978-0801495984
      ISBN10: 0801495989
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      Crime and criminology Urban communities / city life

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The working class in New York City was remade in the mid-nineteenth century. In the 1820s a substantial majority of city artisans were native-born; by the 1850s three-quarters of the city's laboring men and women were immigrants. How did the influx of this large group of young adults affect the city's working class? What determined the texture...

      Trade Review
      "This is one of the most important works I have read on working-class life. It will be widely read, praised, and debated." -- Elliott J. Gorn, Miami University

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