Betsy Wood

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Upon the Altar of Work: Child Labor and the Rise of a New American SectionalismHardcover, 14 September 2020

Upon the Altar of Work: Child Labor and the Rise of a New American Sectionalism
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Part of Series
Working Class in American History
Print Length
266 pages
Language
English
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Date Published
14 Sep 2020
ISBN-10
0252043448
ISBN-13
9780252043444

Description

Rooted in the crisis over slavery, disagreements about child labor broke down along sectional lines between the North and South. For decades after emancipation, the child labor issue shaped how Northerners and Southerners defined fundamental concepts of American life such as work, freedom, the market, and the state.

Betsy Wood examines the evolution of ideas about child labor and the on-the-ground politics of the issue against the backdrop of broad developments related to slavery and emancipation, industrial capitalism, moral and social reform, and American politics and religion. Wood explains how the decades-long battle over child labor created enduring political and ideological divisions within capitalist society that divided the gatekeepers of modernity from the cultural warriors who opposed them. Tracing the ideological origins and the politics of the child labor battle over the course of eighty years, this book tells the story of how child labor debates bequeathed an enduring legacy of sectionalist conflict to modern American capitalist society.

Product Details

Author:
Betsy Wood
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
14 September 2020
Dimensions:
23.11 x 15.49 x 2.54 cm
ISBN-10:
0252043448
ISBN-13:
9780252043444
Language:
English
Pages:
266
Weight:
544.31 gm

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