Getting Work - (Pennsylvania Paperbacks) by Walter Licht (Paperback)
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Highlights
- How did working people find jobs in the past?
- About the Author: Walter Licht is Professor of History and Associate Dean at the University of Pennsylvania.
- 336 Pages
- History, United States
- Series Name: Pennsylvania Paperbacks
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About the Book
An engagingly written, thorough examination of the . . . day-to-day working of the labor market.--Journal of Economic History
Book Synopsis
How did working people find jobs in the past? How has the process changed over time for various groups of job seekers? Are outcomes influenced more by general economic circumstances, by discriminatory practices in the labor market, or by personal initiative and competence?
To tackle these questions, Walter Licht uses intensive primary-source research--including surveys of thousands of workers conducted in the decades from the 1920s to the 1950s--on a major industrial city for a period of over one hundred years. He looks at when and how workers secured their first jobs, schools and work, apprenticeship programs, unions, the role of firms in structuring work opportunities, the state as employer and as shaper of employment conditions, and the problem of losing work. Licht also examines the disparate labor market experiences of men and women and the effects of race, ethnicity, age, and social standing on employment.Review Quotes
"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"
"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"
About the Author
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.Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .9 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.15 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 336
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: United States
Series Title: Pennsylvania Paperbacks
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Theme: 19th Century
Format: Paperback
Author: Walter Licht
Language: English
Street Date: February 14, 2000
TCIN: 1004884757
UPC: 9780812217193
Item Number (DPCI): 247-13-6128
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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