Getting Work: Philadelphia, 184-195

Getting Work: Philadelphia, 184-195 - Paperback

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Getting Work: Philadelphia, 184-195 - Paperback

Getting Work: Philadelphia, 184-195 - Paperback

by Walter Licht
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by Walter Licht (Author)

How did working people find jobs in the past? How has the process changed over time for various groups of job seekers? Are outcomes influenced more by general economic circumstances, by discriminatory practices in the labor market, or by personal initiative and competence?

To tackle these questions, Walter Licht uses intensive primary-source research--including surveys of thousands of workers conducted in the decades from the 1920s to the 1950s--on a major industrial city for a period of over one hundred years. He looks at when and how workers secured their first jobs, schools and work, apprenticeship programs, unions, the role of firms in structuring work opportunities, the state as employer and as shaper of employment conditions, and the problem of losing work. Licht also examines the disparate labor market experiences of men and women and the effects of race, ethnicity, age, and social standing on employment.

Author Biography

Walter Licht is Professor of History and Associate Dean at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Working for the Railroad: The Organization of Work in the Nineteenth Century (recipient of the Philip Taft Labor History Prize), Industrializing America: The Nineteenth Century, and coauthor of Work Sights: Industrial Philadelphia, 1890-1950.

Number of Pages: 336
Dimensions: 0.9 x 9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: February 14, 2000
ISBN9780812217193
Author Walter Licht
PublisherUniversity of Pennsylvania Press
GenreHistory and Business
FormatPaperback
PublishedFebruary 2000
LanguageENG- English
Pages336
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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