The Craft Apprentice

The Craft Apprentice From Franklin to the Machine Age in America

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The apprentice system was a key element in the American economy and society before the Civil War. With the coming of industrialization, the craft system gradually disappeared, but the book gives a vivid glimpse of every day life for American youth before the Civil War.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780195036473
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 331.55
DEWEY edition: 19
Number of pages: 270
Weight: 540g
Height: 230mm
Width: 150mm
Spine width: 24mm