working class

Surveys key documents produced between 1874 and 1917, including the text of forty primary source documents, each accompanied by a critical essay.

Artie Kipps, orphaned at a young age and raised by his aunt and uncle who apprenticed him to a draper, struggles to master the rules and etiquette of polite society after learning that he is the grandson and heir of a very wealthy gentleman.

Argues that the African American working class has fostered a subculture that exists outside of mainstream African American politics.

An adaptation of the classic tale from Charles Dickens, in which Pip, an orphan in Victorian England, is plucked from a life of poverty and informed he is to be educated and reared as a gentleman, courtesy of an unknown benefactor.

Contains over 250 alphabetically arranged entries that examine aspects of work and the workforce in the United States, focusing on developments since the Industrial Revolution, covering business and industry, unions and labor relations, compensation and benefits, and other topics, and including a time line, statistics, an Internet resource guide, and an index.

A collection of black-and-white photographs that depict the experiences of men and women around the world who work with their hands. Includes explanatory text.