The Craft Apprentice : From Franklin to the Machine Age in America.
Rorabaugh, W. J.
The Craft Apprentice : From Franklin to the Machine Age in America. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (285 pages)
Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- PROLOGUE: Benjamin Franklin's Legacy -- CHAPTER ONE: Chaos -- CHAPTER TWO: The Master's Authority -- CHAPTER THREE: A Cash Wage -- CHAPTER FOUR: The Crisis in Printing -- CHAPTER FIVE: Personal Relations -- CHAPTER SIX: The Limits of Reform -- CHAPTER SEVEN: The Machine Age -- CHAPTER EIGHT: A Way Out? -- CHAPTER NINE: Lingering Traditions -- EPILOGUE: Civil War -- STATISTICAL APPENDIX -- NOTES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
In this examination of the apprentice system in colonial America, W.J. Rorabaugh has woven an intriguing collection of case histories into a narrative that examines the varied experiences of individual apprentices and documents the massive changes wrought by the Industrial Revolution.
9780195363982
Apprentices--United States--History.
Electronic books.
HD4885.U5.R673 1986
331.5/5
The Craft Apprentice : From Franklin to the Machine Age in America. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (285 pages)
Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- PROLOGUE: Benjamin Franklin's Legacy -- CHAPTER ONE: Chaos -- CHAPTER TWO: The Master's Authority -- CHAPTER THREE: A Cash Wage -- CHAPTER FOUR: The Crisis in Printing -- CHAPTER FIVE: Personal Relations -- CHAPTER SIX: The Limits of Reform -- CHAPTER SEVEN: The Machine Age -- CHAPTER EIGHT: A Way Out? -- CHAPTER NINE: Lingering Traditions -- EPILOGUE: Civil War -- STATISTICAL APPENDIX -- NOTES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
In this examination of the apprentice system in colonial America, W.J. Rorabaugh has woven an intriguing collection of case histories into a narrative that examines the varied experiences of individual apprentices and documents the massive changes wrought by the Industrial Revolution.
9780195363982
Apprentices--United States--History.
Electronic books.
HD4885.U5.R673 1986
331.5/5