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The "Lower Sort": Philadelphia's Laboring People, 1750-1800

by Billy G. Smith. 249 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Billy G. Smith

Publisher:

   Cornell University Press

Place of Publication:

  Ithaca, NY  

Publication Year:

  1990
Subjects:   Working Class--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--18th Century
Table of contents
Illustrations and Tables viii
Preface xi
Abbreviations xiv
Introduction 1
Conclusion 197
Appendixes
Limited Prosopography 201
Demographic Conditions of 204
Occupational Structure of 213
Maritime Economy of 216
Distribution of Taxable Wealth in 224
Wages and Prices 230
Residential Segregation in 238
Index 239
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