An edition of The clerk's tale (2003)
The clerk's tale
young men and moral life in nineteenth-century America
By Thomas Augst
Publish Date
2003
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Language
eng
Pages
321
Description:
Thousands of men left their families for the bustling cities of nineteenth century America, where many of them found work as clerks. This work recounts their story, describing the struggle of aspiring businessmen to come of age at the dawn of the modern era.
subjects: History, Intellectual life, Literacy, Middle class, Self-culture, Social aspects of Literacy, Social conditions, Social life and customs, United States, Young men, United states, history, 19th century, United states, social conditions, United states, social life and customs, Literacy, history, Middle class, united states, Social aspects
Places: United States
Times: 19th century