James Dawson Burn

Three Years Among the Working-Classes in the United States during the War

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An encouraging 1865 account of the state of the working classes in America, aimed at intending emigrants.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 470g
• ISBN-13: 9781108002974
• ISBN-10: 1108002978
• Artikelnr.: 26870725

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. The American people
2. The labouring population-Irish and Germans
3. The press-administration of justice-public opinion
4. Religious and moral characteristics
5. The women of America
6. The cities of America-New York
7. The steamboat and railway system of America-street traffic
8. Education-the free-school system
9. Business
10. Mineral wealth of the country
11. The late civil war
12. Sanatory fairs and charities
13. Political condition of the people
14. Commissioners of emigration-Castle Garden, New York
15. Advice to intending emigrants.