"An engagingly written, thorough examination of the . . . day-to-day working of the labor market."—Journal of Economic History
Walter Licht is Professor of History and Associate Dean at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Working for the Railroad: The Organization of Work in the Nineteenth Century (recipient of the Philip Taft Labor History Prize), Industrializing America: The Nineteenth Century, and coauthor of Work Sights: Industrial Philadelphia, 1890-1950.
"Exemplary... A major contribution."--Journal of American History "Licht contributes greatly to an understanding of the work force, the community, and the role of government and educational institutions on the economy."--Philadelphia Inquirer "This is the way labor history should be practiced: not a fable about good and evil, but an engagingly written, thorough examination of the mundane, yet important, day-to-day working of the labor market."--Journal of Economic History "A comprehensive treatment of how people became and remained workers in one of the nation's largest cities, and in it are lessons for today."--Journal of Interdisciplinary History
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