Author: Walter A. Wyckoff
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
Ten years ago, the author embarked on a sociological experiment of earning a living as a day laborer, starting in Connecticut and working his way to California over 18 months. The expedition notes contained in this book reveal the author's experiences as a laborer, providing a unique insight into the life of a working-class citizen. The experiment highlights the struggles and hardships faced by laborers, as well as the societal and economic issues that contribute to their difficulties. The author's journey provides a fascinating and thought-provoking account of the realities of working-class life in America during the late 19th century.
A Day with a Tramp, and Other Days
Author: Walter A. Wyckoff
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
Ten years ago, the author embarked on a sociological experiment of earning a living as a day laborer, starting in Connecticut and working his way to California over 18 months. The expedition notes contained in this book reveal the author's experiences as a laborer, providing a unique insight into the life of a working-class citizen. The experiment highlights the struggles and hardships faced by laborers, as well as the societal and economic issues that contribute to their difficulties. The author's journey provides a fascinating and thought-provoking account of the realities of working-class life in America during the late 19th century.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
Ten years ago, the author embarked on a sociological experiment of earning a living as a day laborer, starting in Connecticut and working his way to California over 18 months. The expedition notes contained in this book reveal the author's experiences as a laborer, providing a unique insight into the life of a working-class citizen. The experiment highlights the struggles and hardships faced by laborers, as well as the societal and economic issues that contribute to their difficulties. The author's journey provides a fascinating and thought-provoking account of the realities of working-class life in America during the late 19th century.
Illustrated Catalogue of Books, Standard and Holiday
Author: McClurg, Firm, Booksellers, Chicago
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 998
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 998
Book Description
Author:
Publisher: Brill Archive
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Publisher: Brill Archive
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
The Workers: An Experiment in Reality. The West
Author: Walter A. Wyckoff
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
"The Workers: An Experiment in Reality. The West" is a non-fiction book that tells the story of a Princeton College graduate traveling across the United States taking any job he can find, facing hardships, and fighting to make ends meet. The book is a social experiment that shows the common class working condition and struggles. So, if you are interested in understanding the different social structures and culture of America in the 19th century Walter A. Wyckoff did a fantastic job painting a vivid and detailed description of what it's like in this book.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
"The Workers: An Experiment in Reality. The West" is a non-fiction book that tells the story of a Princeton College graduate traveling across the United States taking any job he can find, facing hardships, and fighting to make ends meet. The book is a social experiment that shows the common class working condition and struggles. So, if you are interested in understanding the different social structures and culture of America in the 19th century Walter A. Wyckoff did a fantastic job painting a vivid and detailed description of what it's like in this book.
The Workers: An Experiment in Reality. The East
Author: Walter A. Wyckoff
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
The Workers is one of the first attempts at social experiments done by a Princeton graduate, Walter Augustus Wyckoff. Wyckoff, an academician who is sympathetic to socialist ideals, was challenged by a Colorado mining executive to become a mining worker himself and experience the life of the working class. And thus this book is born - documenting his experience as part of the working class, and in the process providing insight into what life was like for them in the late 19th century.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
The Workers is one of the first attempts at social experiments done by a Princeton graduate, Walter Augustus Wyckoff. Wyckoff, an academician who is sympathetic to socialist ideals, was challenged by a Colorado mining executive to become a mining worker himself and experience the life of the working class. And thus this book is born - documenting his experience as part of the working class, and in the process providing insight into what life was like for them in the late 19th century.
The Critic
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
The Letters of Jack London
Author: Jack London
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804715072
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1828
Book Description
The standard edition of the remarkable American short story writer's letters. Published in 1988
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804715072
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1828
Book Description
The standard edition of the remarkable American short story writer's letters. Published in 1988
Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : West (U.S.)
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : West (U.S.)
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
The Critic
Author: Jeannette Leonard Gilder
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
The Science of Deception
Author: Michael Pettit
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226923746
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
Michael Pettit reveals how deception came to be something that psychologists not only studied but also employed to establish their authority. They developed a host of tools for making deception more transparent in the courts and elsewhere.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226923746
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
Michael Pettit reveals how deception came to be something that psychologists not only studied but also employed to establish their authority. They developed a host of tools for making deception more transparent in the courts and elsewhere.