Bøger af Brian P. Luskey

Shows that in the process of winning the US Civil War, Northerners were forced to grapple with the frauds of free labor. Labor brokers did indispensable work that helped the Northern state and Northern employers emerge victorious. They also gave rise to an economic and political system that enriched the managerial class.

Argues that an understanding of clerks and clerking makes sense of the culture of capitalism in 19th Century America