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"An engagingly written, thorough examination of the . . . day-to-day working of the labor market."—Journal of Economic History

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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.

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"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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