Isbn: 9780226032207 - the clerk's tale: young men and moral life in nineteenth-century america (22 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. Thousands of men left their families for the bustling cities of nineteenth century America, where many of them found work as clerks. This work recounts their story, describing the struggle of aspiring businessmen to come of age at the dawn of the modern era. Num Pages: 312 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454. . 2003. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . .…

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Zustand: New. pp. 328 Illus. (25 Halftones).

Zustand: New. Thousands of men left their families for the bustling cities of nineteenth century America, where many of them found work as clerks. This work recounts their story, describing the struggle of aspiring businessmen to come of age at the dawn of the modern era. Num Pages: 312 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454. . 2003. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Paperback. Zustand: New.

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Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. pp. 328.

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paperback. Zustand: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 328 pages. 8.50x6.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. Thousands of men left their families for the bustling cities of nineteenth century America, where many of them found work as clerks. This work recounts their story, describing the struggle of aspiring businessmen to come of age at the dawn of the modern era.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Thousands of men left their families for the bustling cities of nineteenth-century America, where many of them found work as clerks. 'The Clerk's Tale' recounts their remarkable story, describing the struggle of aspiring businessmen to come of age at the dawn of the modern era. How did these young men understand the volatile world of American capitalism and make sense of their place within it Thomas Augst follows clerks as they made their way through the boarding houses, parlors, and offices of the big city. Tracing the course of their everyday lives, Augst shows how these young men used acts of reading and writing to navigate the anonymous world of market culture and claim identities for themselves within it. Clerks, he reveals, calculated their prospects in diaries, composed detailed letters to friends and family, attended lectures by key thinkers of the day, joined libraries where they consumed fiction, all while wrestling with the boredom of their work. What results, then, is a poignant look at the literary practices of ordinary people and an affecting meditation on the moral lives of men in antebellum America.…

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 328 pages. 8.50x6.50x0.75 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

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