On the Make Clerks and the Quest for Capital in Nineteenth-Century America / [Recurso electrónico] :
Brian P. Luskey.
- New York : New York University Press, 2010.
- 1 online resource (ix, 278 p. :) ill. ;
- American history and culture .
- American history and culture (New York University Press) Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: puzzled about identity -- What is my prospects? -- The humble laborer in the white collar -- Homo counter-jumperii -- Striving for citizenship -- The republic of broadcloth -- The Swedish Nightingale and the peeping Tom -- Conclusion: once more, free.