Bøger af John T. Cumbler

The Civil War was not the end, as is often thought, of reformist activism among abolitionists. This book investigates how reformers, linked together and radicalized by their shared experiences in the abolitionist struggle, articulated a core natural rights ideology and molded it into a rationale for successive reform movements.

Business, Politics, and Work in Trenton (Class & Culture)

?The major strength of Cumbler's labor history is its social-intellectual approach....Throughout this well-reasoned study Cumbler concentrates on the changes brought about by technological improvements and the trauma caused by the influx of immigration. Recommended.?-Choice

An engaging, personalized look at the interplay between people and nature in the northeastern and midwestern United States, from prehistory to the present.