Book ID: CBB381848420

Men is Cheap: Exposing the frauds of free labor in Civil War America (2020)

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Luskey, Brian P. (Author)


The University of North Carolina Press


Publication Date: 2020
Edition Details: Book Series: Civil War America;
Physical Details: 279
Language: English

Men Is Cheap shows how the concepts of military and domestic necessity were connected in white northerners' minds and clarifies what they thought the war was fought over. In the process of winning the war, white northerners were forced to grapple with the frauds of free labor. Labor brokers, by helping to staff the Union military and Yankee households, did indispensable work that helped the northern state and northern employers emerge victorious. (Publisher)

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Review Matthew E. Stanley (Winter 2021) Review of "Men is Cheap: Exposing the frauds of free labor in Civil War America". Business History Review (pp. 848-851). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
James P. Woodard
Heath, Elizabeth A.
Bishara, Fahad Ahmad
Ann Folino White
Zach Sell
Marc Dixon
Concepts
Economic history
Capitalism
Labor and laborers
Working class
Labor unions
Railroads
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
18th century
Modern
21st century
Places
United States
Southern states (U.S.)
France
Maine (U.S.)
Midwestern states (U.S.)
Indian Ocean
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