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Reddit mentions of Common Labor: Workers and the Digging of North American Canals, 1780-1860
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We found 3 Reddit mentions of Common Labor: Workers and the Digging of North American Canals, 1780-1860. Here are the top ones.
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Used Book in Good Condition
Specs:
| Height | 9 Inches |
| Length | 6 Inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Release date | January 1997 |
| Weight | 0.9369646135 Pounds |
| Width | 0.73 Inches |
Anyone have suggestions of books on the roles of blacks (whether they be slaves, freemen, or what have you) in building America's infrastructure? Most of what that I have read recently does not jibe with that notion. For instance: www.amazon.com/Common-Labor-Workers-American-1780-1860/dp/0801855225
Immigrants poured into the country because they were thrown off the land in their home countries -- a term we call "primitive accumulation." Agricultural workers were forced into the labor pool by land enclosures, creating an surplus of common labor, not a scarcity.
Think about it -- if labor was scarce in the US then wages would already be high and there'd be no need for form unions in the first place. Unionism -- and the guild system before it -- was used to limit the supply of (already abundant) labor to keep labor prices high.
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Anyone have suggestions of books on the roles of blacks (whether they be slaves, freemen, or what have you) in building America's infrastructure? Most of what that I have read recently does not jibe with that notion. For instance: www.amazon.com/Common-Labor-Workers-American-1780-1860/dp/0801855225